TITLE:
Self-Efficacy Literature Review: Graduate Students
AUTHORS:
Cindy Visoso
KEYWORDS:
Student Retention, Student Success, Self-Efficacy, Graduate Students
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Social Sciences,
Vol.12 No.3,
March
15,
2024
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.