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Self-Efficacy Theory

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  1. Department of Psychology and Methods, Jacobs University Bremen, Campus Ring 1, 28759, Bremen, Germany

    Sonia Lippke

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  1. Oakland University, Rochester, USA

    Virgil Zeigler-Hill

  2. Oakland University, Rochester, USA

    Todd K. Shackelford

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  1. Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

    Christian Jordan

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Lippke, S. (2017). Self-Efficacy Theory. In: Zeigler-Hill, V., Shackelford, T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28099-8_1167-1

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