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DOI :10.26650/CURARE.2024.1398194   IUP :10.26650/CURARE.2024.1398194    Full Text (PDF)

Self-Efficacy in Nursing Students: Traditional Review

Olga İncesu

Self-efficacy is the belief in achieving a task/performance that affects all periods of the lives of individuals and varies according to the individual, time, and performance, depending on many internal factors such as family/social environment, educational environment, and experience. Academic self-efficacy is the belief that academic tasks will be completed. Self-efficacy is closely related to problem-solving skills and academic achievement. The development of nursing students’ self-efficacy will provide positive contributions to their academic and post-graduate professional lives. This review examines self-efficacy, academic- self-efficacy concepts, related factors, and studies conducted on nursing students’ self-efficacy. It is intended to guide the efforts to enhance nursing students’ self-efficacy.


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Submitted30.11.2023
Accepted07.01.2024
Published Online29.02.2024

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