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The effects of mathematics task performance on math self-efficacy and task interest☆
Nancy K Campbell,Gail Hackett +1 more
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In this paper, the effects of task performance on level and strength of task self-efficacy, task interest, and self-evaluations of performance were explored, and it was found that women in the success condition were significantly more likely than men to rate luck as the cause of their successful performance.About:
This article is published in Journal of Vocational Behavior.The article was published on 1986-04-01. It has received 197 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Task (project management).read more
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Self-Efficacy: A Theoretical Analysis of Its Determinants and Malleability
TL;DR: In this paper, a model of the determinants of self-efficacy is proposed that enhances understanding of both the complexity and malleability of the construct, and appropriate change strategies are highlighted.
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Self-Efficacy Beliefs as Shapers of Children's Aspirations and Career Trajectories.
TL;DR: A structural model of the network of sociocognitive influences that shape children's career aspirations and trajectories is tested andalyses of gender differences reveal that perceived occupational self-efficacy predicts traditionality of career choice.
Sex-related defferences in mathematics achievement, spatial visualization, and affective factors
TL;DR: In this article, a study of 589 female and 644 male, predominantly white, 9th-12th grade students enrolled in mathematics courses from four schools, controlling for mathematics background and general ability (Quick Word Test); relationships to mathematics achievement and to sex-related differences in mathematics achievement, of spatial visualization (Differential Aptitude Test), eight attitudes measured by the Fennema-Sherman Mathematics Attitudes Scales, a measure of Mathematics Activities outside of school, and number of mathematics related courses and Space Related Courses taken.
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Career self-efficacy: Empirical status and future directions
Robert W. Lent,Gail Hackett +1 more
TL;DR: The authors reviewed emerging findings applying self-efficacy theory to career-relevant behaviors; examines a number of conceptual and methodological issues arising from this work; and offers several directions for future research and theory on the career selfefficacy construct.
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Highly Confident, but Wrong: Gender Differences and Similarities in Confidence Judgments.
TL;DR: This article investigated gender differences in item-specific confidence judgments in three psychology courses containing 70 men and 181 women, after answering each item on course exams, students indicated their confidence that their answer to that item was correct.
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Self-efficacy: toward a unifying theory of behavioral change.
TL;DR: An integrative theoretical framework to explain and to predict psychological changes achieved by different modes of treatment is presented and findings are reported from microanalyses of enactive, vicarious, and emotive mode of treatment that support the hypothesized relationship between perceived self-efficacy and behavioral changes.
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Self-efficacy mechanism in human agency
TL;DR: The centrality of the self-efficacy mechanism in human agency is discussed in this paper, where the influential role of perceived collective effi- cacy in social change is analyzed, as are the social con- ditions conducive to development of collective inefficacy.
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A self-efficacy approach to the career development of women
Gail Hackett,Nancy E. Betz +1 more
TL;DR: An approach to the conceptualization and facilitation of women's career development based on A. Bandura's (Social learning theory) self-efficacy theory is presented in this article, where women lack strong expectations of personal efficacy in relationship to many career-related behaviors and thus fail to fully realize their capabilities and talents in career pursuits.
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The Relationship of Career-Related Self-Efficacy Expectations to Perceived Career Options in College Women and Men.
Nancy E. Betz,Gail Hackett +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the applicability of Bandura's self-efficacy theory to the process of career decision making and, in particular, to investigate the possible importance of selfefficacy expectations in the explanation of women's continued underrepresentation in many professional and managerial occupations was investigated.
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Applications of self-efficacy theory to the understanding and treatment of career indecision
Karen M Taylor,Nancy E. Betz +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigate the utility of self-efficacy theory to the understanding and treatment of career indecision and examine the relationship of career decision-making selfefficacy to several components of vocational indecision.