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Self-efficacy

Self-Efficacy is a psychological construct within the theory of behavior change that refers to an individual's belief in their capability to successfully perform specific actions required to achieve desired outcomes in particular contexts.

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Self-efficacy: Toward a unifying theory of behavioral change.

Psychological Review · 1977 · 42.6K citations · Full text

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Self-Efficacy: The Exercise of Control

Albert Bandura, Wendy Freeman, Richard Lightsey · Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy · 1999 · 40.9K citations

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Self-efficacy: Toward a unifying theory of behavioral change.

Albert Bandura · Psychological Review · 1977 · 35.5K citations

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Self-efficacy: the exercise of control

Choice Reviews Online · 1997 · 24.4K citations

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Self-efficacy mechanism in human agency.

Albert Bandura · American Psychologist · 1982 · 15.2K citations

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Authors

37.2K

  1. AB
    Albert Bandura

    Stanford University, United States

    60 publications · 165K citations

    56

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  2. RS
    Ralf Schwarzer

    Freie Universität Berlin, Germany

    58 publications · 14.3K citations

    44

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  3. EM
    Edward McAuley

    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, United States

    59 publications · 6.6K citations

    40

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  4. DH
    Dale H. Schunk

    University of Houston, United States

    50 publications · 16.4K citations

    40

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  5. GV
    Gian Vittorio Caprara

    Sapienza University of Rome, Italy

    47 publications · 15K citations

    39

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Institutions

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  1. The Ohio State University

    Columbus, United States

    74 h-index

    237 publications

    60.1K citations

  2. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    69 h-index

    182 publications

    128.9K citations

  3. Michigan State University

    East Lansing, United States

    68 h-index

    229 publications

    21.8K citations

  4. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    64 h-index

    252 publications

    63.4K citations

  5. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Urbana, United States

    58 h-index

    235 publications

    21.3K citations

  6. Chinese University of Hong Kong

    Hong Kong, Hong Kong

    54 h-index

    210 publications

    13.3K citations

  7. Sapienza University of Rome

    Rome, Italy

    54 h-index

    257 publications

    46.4K citations

  8. Freie Universität Berlin

    Berlin, Germany

    53 h-index

    178 publications

    28.1K citations

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  1. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

    154 publications · 37.8K citations

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  2. Journal of Educational Psychology

    130 publications · 46.3K citations

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  3. Journal of Applied Psychology

    113 publications · 30.5K citations

    78

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  4. Teaching and Teacher Education

    108 publications · 28.8K citations

    69

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  5. Frontiers in Psychology

    315 publications · 15.7K citations

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