Standford professor of psychology Albert Bandura developed the theory of self-efficacy to address how an individual perceives his ability to perform a task within a specific context. Self-efficacy is ...

There’s a reason the words “believe in yourself” are plastered on classroom signs and cross-stitched on throw pillows. Your sense of self-efficacy, or the belief that you can accomplish what you set ...

Self-efficacy has been associated with health outcomes for women with disabilities. Self-efficacy involves our confidence in our ability to achieve desired goals. In other words, we tend to choose to ...

Belief makes champions out of an ordinary group of individuals—like the little train that could! While that story is fictional, its message couldn't be more real. Every once in a while, an underdog ...

When it comes to making a health change, it might feel like there is an extremely tall mountain between where you are now and ...