ITECH5500 - Professional Research and Communication

ITECH5500
Professional Research and Communication
Assignment 2
Self-efficacy
Submitted by: Subhash Shrestha (30344385)
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Introduction...................................................................................................4
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Abstract
Self-efficacy and its impact on all aspects of life has been object of research for
a long time. The purpose of this literature review is to identify scientific studies
about how self-efficacy influences participation in sport and physical activity
levels among the broader society. After a thorough analyses of online and
university databases five articles were identified to give an overview about the
topic. Furthermore, this literature review examines differences and similarities
of the methods used in the studies and compare their results. The five papers
analyze the impact of self-efficacy in different environments (team and
individual sports) on people of different age groups. Taken all studies together,
self-efficacy seems to be strongly linked to sport participation and physical
activity of all age groups.
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Introduction
Person life influences by the product of varieties of influential things. Self-
efficacy is a one the main product of psychological things, which plays crucial
position in person life. Self-efficacy is a confidence, which lead to face
difficulties and achieving the desire goal. (Bandura, 1995) explains that it
"refers to beliefs in one's capabilities to organize and execute the courses of
action required to manage prospective situations" (p. 2). Persons with high self-
efficacy are able to plan effectively and successfully in completion of a task
(Bandura, 1977). This type of person understands his/her believes and have
capabilities to achieve the goal in any complex situation. In addition to this, a
person with high self-efficacy does not worry about the task even the task is
highly complicated. While a person with low self-efficacy run away from the
complex task, and have low belief in their self-confidence and abilities.
Consequently, this drive the person to unable of execution of goal in their life
challenges.
According to (Gecas, 2003), people behave in the way that executes their initial
beliefs; thus, self-efficacy functions as a self-fulfilling prophecy. Suppose a first
person with normal capability and experience in building of presentation slides
for presentation, but has high confidence and belief, which gives the power to
make excellent presentation slides for presentation. On the other hand, the
second person with high numbers of experience and great talent in creating of
presentation slides for presentation, but has low confidence lacks him/her in
making of quality presentation slides for presentation. Because of second person
with low self-efficacy, lacks the motivation and interest to build slides for
presentation, depict the unable of execution of task. But the first person who has
high self-efficacy, rise up the motivation to complete task without worrying of
difficulties, ultimately, this development the career and process in life to
achieve excellence.
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