Self-Efficacy: The Power of Believing You Can

By James E. Maddux. 2009

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, General Health Professions

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Evaluation of the Self-Efficacy Questionnaire for Children in Two Samples of American Adolescents (2007, positive): “More than the ability to perform an isolated behavior, self-efficacy reflects perceived competence about one’s abilities to enact and coordinate related skills under certain conditions, which can be challenging and diverse (Maddux, 2002).”
Age differences in consumer financial capability (2015, positive): “According to Maddux (2011), the level of self-efficacy can continuously develop throughout the lifespan as individuals continually integrate information from the following primary sources: performance experiences, imagined experiences, verbal persuasion, and physiological/emotional states.”
Sources of Self-Efficacy in School: Critical Review of the Literature and Future Directions (2008, neutral): “This has led some to hypothesize that imaginal experience is a fifth source of self-efficacy altogether (Maddux, 2005).”
A Qualitative Study of Resilient Latina/o College Students (2010, neutral): “According to Maddux (2002), “The timeless message of research on self-efficacy is the simple, powerful truth that confidence, effort, and persistence are more potent than innate ability” (p. 285).”
Diversity Training: Analysis of the Impact of Self-Efficacy (2007, positive): “Although Bandura (1997) does make a distinction between confidence and efficacy, other efficacy theorists use the terms interchangeably (Maddux, 2002), and the term confidence is commonly used when applied to human resource management (Kanter, 2004).”
Youth Life Satisfaction: A Review of the Literature (2009, positive): “Self-efficacy, the personal belief in what one can do, or is capable of doing, is an important determinant of behaviour and influences whether and how one perseveres against the obstacles and challenges of life (Maddux 2002).”
Thriving With Social Purpose: An Integrative Approach to the Development of Optimal Human Functioning (2007, positive): “…for scholars and professionals seeking useful ways to understand and promote the development of optimal functioning in children and adults (e.g., Csikszentmihalyi, Abuhamdeh, & Nakamura, 2005; Dweck, 2006; Ekman, 2003; Locke, 2002; Maddux, 2002; Vansteenkiste, Lens, & Deci, 2006; Weiner, 2005).”
The role of the arts and humanities in human flourishing: A conceptual model (2018, positive): “Components of embeddedness are socio-cognitive processes such as experiences of mastery, vicarious experiences, direct encouragement, and positive physiological responses (Maddux, 2005).”
Emerging Positive Organizational Behavior (2007, positive): “Self-efficacy, and its facilitating cognitive processes, can be developed and nurtured through mastery experiences, vicarious learning and modeling, social persuasion, and psychological and physiological arousal (Bandura, 1997, 2000; Maddux, 2002; Stajkovic & Luthans, 1998a, 1998b).”
The Murky Distinction Between Self-Concept and Self-Efficacy: Beware of Lurking Jingle-Jangle Fallacies (2019, neutral): “Indeed, Maddux (2009) suggests that global and generalized measures”
Professional and peer life coaching and the enhancement of goal striving and well-being: An exploratory study (2007, positive): “As such, increases in this variable should correspond with increases in goal progression (as reported earlier), as feeling more competent is known to translate into more effective action (Maddux, 2002).”