ASSIGNMENT ON SELF EFFICIENCY AND NURSING

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Motivation (self-efficacy)
1.Self-efficacy –
Self-efficacy in relation to motivation is critical to the individual growth and
achieving at a particular task that is perceived as important by the aspiring individual for
example, a student aspiring for a good academic performance. Motivation towards self-
efficacy is the conscious drive of achieving something vital or meaningful at a personal level
and motivation is influenced by a lot of psychosocial and psychological factors. Self-efficacy
is important in teaching and learning as well. The teachers applies the Maslow’s hierarchy of
needs, Maslow’s motivation theory and Bandura’s Socio Cognitive theory to facilitate self-
efficacy amongst the students in an academic setting (Cho et al., 2015). Behaviorally, self-
efficacy is bettered through rehearsal of the tasks towards a positive outcome and by
achieving a complete control over the same task (Najjar & Fares, 2017). Motivation for every
individual varies from person to person and after reaching certain stage of life (Mantasiah,
2019). Amongst the students in an educational setting, the teachers motivate the student to
enhance their self-concept and self-image to incorporate more values and beliefs into their
academic aspirations. The motivation or self-efficacy of an individual is affected by different
physiological and psychosocial plus sociocultural factors such as emotions, relationships,
engagement, meaning and achievement and the chief task of motivation is to provide an
individual with the drive to live life meaningfully and coherently (Lloyd, Bond & Flaxman,
2017). Having the right balance of emotions by maintaining an emotional intelligence is the
first and foremost step of development of intrapersonal strength and consequently, self-
efficacy (Wang et al. 2015). Motivating the student using social efficacy theory - require
development of a meaningful and constructive, fulfilling relationships with them at first. The
children’s bond with friends, family, relatives in a meaningful way in order to fulfill the sense
of belonging and esteem that is an important stage in Maslow’s pyramid or hierarchy of

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needs – is vital for their improvement of self-efficacy in academic settings. It is important to
recruit the right specialized teachers to fulfill the social belonging and self-esteem of the
students and foster emphatic relationships with the students to improve their self-efficacy
skills. It is vital to understand that the internal feelings, emotions, affections, drives, esteem
needs and belonging needs are as unique to a person as an individual and as a student and
only through the shared, empathic and meaningful relationships with teachers and peers can
facilitate self-efficacy development in an academic setting. Empathy and understanding are
the vital teaching tools for growing a positive mindset in students, directed towards a good
academic performance. Companionship amongst peers in classroom can be fostered by the
teachers through development of shared meaning, common goals and shared imaginations
amongst the students. This is important for a positive classroom behavior towards collective
and individualistic learning. Motivation or self-efficacy is affected by positive and negative
events which means both types of experiences ( both good bad and bad) further shapes the
motivation or self-efficacy of an individual to a great extent, provided a learning has occurred
at some stage of the experience or after the experience. Self-efficacy is not just important to
achievement of academic goals but motivation is an important and crucial tool for the
teachers to counter issues like burnout, stress and anxiety related to teaching (Zilka, Rahimi
& Cohen 2019). It is equally important for the teachers to have good self-monitoring and self-
management skills along with an openness and conscientiousness in personality traits in order
to form meaningful, motivational relationship with the students. Self-motivation is the
conscious effort of achieving something that is critically important to a person and self-
efficacy is highly influenced by ongoing personal experiences. The Maslow’s motivation
theory guides a teacher to fulfill the humanistic needs of a student in order to facilitate better
and rapid learning in the academic scenario as well. The self-efficacy amongst the students
can be related to hierarchy of needs as well. At the bottom of the pyramid are the