The Self-Efficacy Mirror is a short self-assessment of your general belief that you can cope with challenges and reach your goals. It draws on the general self-efficacy framework and yields a single self-efficacy score from ten items.
What is self-efficacy?
The Self-Efficacy Mirror is a short self-assessment of your general belief that you can cope with challenges and reach your goals. It draws on the general self-efficacy framework and yields a single self-efficacy score from ten items.
Self-efficacy is not what your abilities actually are but how much you trust them. Research shows that someone who believes they can succeed tries harder, persists longer and is less discouraged by difficulty. That is why self-efficacy is central to both coaching and personal growth.
How to read the score
The total score ranges from 10 to 40. A high score means a strong belief that you can cope; a low score means that confidence is still fragile. The good news: self-efficacy is learned. Setting and finishing small, completable goals is what feeds this belief most firmly.
FAQ
- Is self-efficacy the same as self-confidence?
- Not quite. Self-confidence is a general sense of self-worth; self-efficacy is a more concrete belief that you can accomplish specific tasks, and it grows as you accomplish them.