Self-Efficacy Literature Review: Graduate Students

Abstract

Background: Literature relating to the relationship between students’ perspective of their self-efficacy is gathered to understand the student’s perspective of continuing their education. Method: Supporting peer-reviewed empirical seminal sources were used to describe prior research including the theoretical framework of Albert Bandura’s self-efficacy theory. The organization of this literature review was a collection of resources explained of student self-efficacy in education, self-efficacy in graduate students, social persuasion, vicarious experience, imaginal experience, physical and emotional states, performance experience, and ends with related research from qualitative and quantitative research. Conclusion: The literature review described with supporting peer-reviewed empirical seminal sources describes the continued growth in psychology research linked to success demonstrating student self-efficacy.