Self-Efficacy and Gender

Essay # 2389

Gender and Sexuality > Gender Studies
Psychology > Therapies

A look at whether self-efficacy should be used in counseling depending on the client's gender.

570 words () | 5 sources | 2001

Paper Summary:

An examination of the advantages and the disadvantages of using self-efficacy counseling based upon the client's gender. The author analyzes whether issues of self-efficacy should be used in counseling depending on the gender of the patient due to the differences between men and women's reactions.

From the Paper:

"The self-efficacy theory is based on the statement that people deal with the environment and various situations based on their self-judgments of how well they can perform in a given scenario and how well they can cope with a given behavior. Self-efficacy also determines how long the individuals will persist at facing an obstacle and how much effort will be put in overcoming it (Bandura, 1982)."