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Self-Efficacy Beliefs

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American Black women must depend upon their own selves and have confidence in their personal abilities to succeed. They endure many slights against their existence just because they are uniquely created with a darker hue in mainstream, American society. Their hue in no way diminishes their intellect.

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  1. University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, USA

    Claretha Hughes

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Hughes, C. (2014). Self-Efficacy Beliefs. In: American Black Women and Interpersonal Leadership Styles. Transgressions, vol 103. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-878-7_4

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