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1Albert BanduraStanford UniversityBandura A 1994 Selfefficacy In V S Ramachaudran Ed Encyclopedia of humanbehavior Vol 4 pp 7181 New York Academic Press Reprinted in H FriedmanEd Encyclopedia. It is shown that perceived control over performance of a behav ior though comprised of separable components that reflect beliefs about selfefficacy and about controllability can nevertheless be considered a unitary latent variable in a hierar chical It is shown that perceived control over performance of a behav ior though comprised of separable components that reflect beliefs about selfefficacy and about controllability can nevertheless be considered a unitary latent variable in a hierar chical 1994 Selfeffic acy In V S Ramacha udran Ed Encycloped ia of human behavior Vol 4 pp 7181 New York Academic Press Reprinted in H Friedman Ed Encycloped ia of mental he alth San Diego Academic Press 1998 brPage 2br I Sou rces of Se lfE Selfefficacy for leasing Abstracte purpose of this study was to develop and validate the construct of selfefficacy for pleasing the instructor (SEP) and explore its usefulness as an alternative to g 307A BANDURAAlbert BanduraPerceived self-efficacy is concerned with peoples beliefs in their capabili-ties to produce given attainments Bandura 1997 One cannot be allthings which would require mastery For the remaining analysis the difficulty and discrimination estimates were calculated from the graded response model and then used tothat provided the best measures of selfefficacy A high discriminat