Self Efficacy

Self-efficacy is a belief system that people have about their own capabilities that can produce a level of performance that influence their life events.  This self-efficacy is a determining factor in how individuals think, how they motivate themselves, how they feel and how they behave.  When self-efficacy is strong it influences the levels of accomplishment that people can make and the tasks that they undertake.  It inspires people to challenge themselves and when they experience setbacks if their self-efficacy is strong it allows them to bounce back.  When they can overcome these challenges they can handle threatening situations with incredible deftness, which has the affect of lowering stress and helps make them resistant to depression.