Albert Bandura, on your reading about, for this week, has done a lot of work on the concept of self efficacy which is essentially the academic term for believing in oneself.

你们本周正在阅读阿尔伯特·班杜拉的著作。他已经做过许多关于自我效能感的研究，自我效能感这一学术术语实际是指自我肯定。

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Each one will lift your mood, as will the mere fact that you've tackled and achieved some concrete goals; by doing so, you boost your feelings of self-efficacy, which can boost happiness.

每一项都会让你的心情好一点，就好像你真的解决了具体问题、完成了具体目标似的。这种做法可以提升你的自我效能感，从而带给你快乐。

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The researchers found that the use of text-messaging significantly increased “self-efficacy” (the effectiveness of treatment, measured by questionnaire).

研究人员发现，应用短信显著提高了患者“自我效能感”（即治疗效果，问卷检测）。

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Bandura calls that confidence "self-efficacy, " and it could possibly change the world, one person at a time.

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Babson is using these 45 to create a so-called Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy Scale that aspiring entrepreneurs can use to rank themselves.

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Graphic health warnings (GHW) threaten serious costs in terms of smoker concentration on fear (as opposed to danger avoidance), defensive processing, and reactance, as well as feelings of low self-esteem and self-efficacy.

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