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Descriptor English: Self Efficacy
Descriptor Spanish: Autoeficacia
Descriptor autoeficacia
Scope note: Mecanismo cognitivo basado en expectativas o creencias sobre la propia capacidad para realizar acciones necesarias para producir un efecto dado. Es también un componente teórico de cambio de conducta en diversos enfoques terapéuticos. (APA, Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms, 1994)
Descriptor Portuguese: Autoeficácia
Descriptor French: Auto-efficacité
Entry term(s): Efficacy, Self
Tree number(s): F01.752.747.792.700
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D020377
Scope note: Cognitive mechanism based on expectations or beliefs about one's ability to perform actions necessary to produce a given effect. It is also a theoretical component of behavior change in various therapeutic treatments. (APA, Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms, 1994)
Allowable Qualifiers: No qualifiers
Previous Indexing: Self Concept (1969-1998)
Public MeSH Note: 99
History Note: 99
DeCS ID: 33883
Unique ID: D020377
NLM Classification: BF 637.S38
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Date Established: 1999/01/01
Date of Entry: 1998/06/11
Self Efficacy - Preferred
Concept UI M0030017
Scope note Cognitive mechanism based on expectations or beliefs about one's ability to perform actions necessary to produce a given effect. It is also a theoretical component of behavior change in various therapeutic treatments. (APA, Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms, 1994)
Preferred term Self Efficacy
Entry term(s) Efficacy, Self



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