Self-efficacy

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The extent or strength of one's belief in one's own ability to complete tasks and to reach goals. countable, uncountable

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"Self-efficacy is the measure of the belief in one's own ability to complete tasks and reach goals."

Etymology

From self- + efficacy.

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