Psychologists have found that if a person has lower levels of self-efficacy, they are more likely to focus on feelings of failure rather than success. People with higher levels of self-efficacy are more likely to cope better in adverse situations.
Self-efficacy reflects confidence in the ability to exert control over one's own motivation, behavior, and social environment.
Self-efficacy can play an important role in health psychology and how people manage their health, nutrition, and illness.
Maintaining a weight loss plan, managing chronic pain, giving up alcohol, sticking to an exercise schedule, and following an eating plan can all be influenced by a person's levels of self-efficacy. People who are able to exert some control over their lives fare better and experience a better quality of life. Virtually everyone has some degree of self-efficacy.
There are four sources of self-efficacy: mastery experiences, vicarious experiences, verbal persuasion, and physiological and affective states.
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