#self-efficacy

#self-efficacy

For many challenged by struggles and mental health issues, days may feel oddly distant from any sense of well-being, as languishing, depression, sadness, or falling back into unhealthy addictive propensities begin to emerge. These thoughts may even encourage maladaptive behaviors or the temptation to roll back into unhealthy habits, relinquishing control to "feeling processes" that have hijacked logic. People may express these moments in terms of feeling "off" or "not fully present."

Academic research that includes most dictionaries defines self-belief as having a positive attitude, personal confidence and a willingness to engage. Self-efficacy involves an individual having the belief and self-confidence in their ability to succeed at tasks. Self-esteem is about having a favorable self-impression and self-respect. In relation to opinion, an opinion is a personal point of view that is not necessarily based on fact or knowledge.

The psychologist Albert Bandura formulated the psychological concept of self-efficacy, which, in summary, is the way we judge our personal capability.