Self-Efficacy

Authors

James E. Maddux, George Mason University
Jennifer T. Gosselin, Sacred Heart University

Document Type

Book Chapter

Publication Date

2012

Abstract

The study of self-efficacy is concerned with understanding this important aspect of self and identity—people's beliefs about their personal capabilities and how these beliefs influence what they try to accomplish, how they try to accomplish it, and how they react to successes and setbacks along the way.

Comments

ISBN 9781462503056

Recommended Citation

Gosselin, Jennifer T., Maddux, James E. "Self-Efficacy." Handbook of Self and Identity. 2nd ed. Ed. Mark R. Leary and June Price Tangney. New York: The Guilford Press, 2012. Print.