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self-efficacy

[ self-ef-i-kuh-see ]

noun

  1. Psychology, Psychiatry. a person's belief in their own ability to succeed at a particular task or goal.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of self-efficacy1

First recorded in 1645–55, for an earlier sense; coined in 1977 by Canadian-American psychologist Albert Bandura (1925–2021), for the current sense

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