Self-efficacy

Overview

Influence: Self-efficacy
Domain: Student
Sub-Domain: Beliefs, attitudes, and dispositions
Potential to Accelerate Student Achievement: Potential to considerably accelerate
Influence Definition: First theorized in educational theory by Albert Bandura, “self-efficacy” refers to a sense of confidence or the set of self-perceptions that influence thought, actions, and emotional arousal by enabling people to make decisions about what course of action they intend to pursue.

Evidence

Number of meta-analyses: 11
Number of studies: 617
Number of students: 1,296,099
Number of effects: 625
Effect size: 0.65

Meta-Analyses

Meta-Analyses
Journal Title	Author	First Author's Country	Article Name	Year Published	Variable	Number of Studies	Number of Students	Number of Effects	Effect Size
Psychological Reports	Holden, Moncher, Schinke, & Barker	USA	Self-Efficacy of Children and Adolescents: A Meta-Analysis	1990	Self-efficacy	25	0	26	0.37
Journal of Counseling Psychology	Multon, Brown, & Lent	USA	Relation of self-efficacy beliefs to academic outcomes: A meta-analytic investigation	1991	Self-efficacy	36	4,998	38	0.76
AERA Conference	Silva, Ryan, Kalkbrenner, Featherston, Busk, & Turner	USA	Meta-Analysis of Self-Efficacy Interventions in Higher Education	2016	Self-efficacy on achievement in Higher education	20	0	20	0.25
The Factors Effecting Student Achievement	Cikrikci	Turkey	The Effect of Self-efficacy on Student Achievement	2017	Self-efficacy	231	242,023	231	0.72
Review of Educational Research	Unrau, Rueda, Son, Polanin, Lundeen & Muraszewski	USA	Can Reading Self-Efficacy Be Modified? A Meta-Analysis of the Impact of Interventions on Reading Self-Efficacy	2018	Reading self-efficacy	30	0	33	0.33
British Journal of Educational Technology	Gegenfurtner, Quesada-Pallares, & Knogler	Netherlands	Digital simulation-based training: A meta-analysis	2014	Self-efficacy in simulation based learning	15	2,274	15	0.72
Psychological Bulletin	Robbins, Lauver, Le, Davis, Langley & Carlstrom	USA	Do Psychosocial and Study Skill Factors Predict College Outcomes? A Meta-Analysis	2004	Self-efficacy	13	0	13	1.84
Unpublished thesis	Carpenter	Canada	A comparison of the relationships of students' self-efficacy, goal orientation, and achievement across grade levels: a meta-analysis	2007	Self-efficacy	48	12,466	48	0.70
International Journal of Instruction	Ciftci & Yildiz	Turkey	The effects of self-confidence on mathematics achievement: The meta-analysis of trends in international mathematics and science study (TIMSS).	2019	Self-confidence	76	1,028,567	76	0.59
Journal of Second Language Writing	Sun, Wang, Lambert, & Liu	USA	Relationship between second language English writing self-efficacy and achievement: A meta-regression analysis.	2021	Writing self-efficacy on L2 students	76	0	76	0.56
Personality and Individual Differences	Braithwaite & Corr	UK	Hans Eysenck, education and the experimental approach: A meta-analysis of academic capabilities in university students.	2016	Self-efficacy on achievement in Higher education	47	5,771	49	0.28
TOTAL/AVERAGE						617	1,296,099	625	0.65

Confidence

The Confidence is the average of these four measures, each divided into five approximately equal groups and assigned a value from 1 to 5 based on the following criteria:

Number of Meta-analyses
- 1 = 1
- 2 = 2–3
- 3 = 4–6
- 4 = 7–9
- 5 = 10+
Number of Studies
- 1 = 1–10
- 2 = 11–50
- 3 = 51–200
- 4 = 201–400
- 5 = 400+
Number of Students
- 1 = 1–2,500
- 2 = 2,501–10,000
- 3 = 10,000–20,000
- 4 = 20,000–100,000
- 5 = 100,001+
Number of Effects
- 1 = 1–100
- 2 = 101–300
- 3 = 301–600
- 4 = 601–1,200
- 5 = 1,200+

Confidences
	Number of Meta-Analyses	Number of Studies	Number of Students	Number of Effects	Overall Confidence
Confidence Factor	5	5	5	4	5