self-efficacy

[self-ef-i-kuh-see]

noun

1. Psychology, Psychiatry.,  a person's belief in their own ability to succeed at a particular task or goal.

Word History and Origins

Origin of self-efficacy¹

First recorded in 1645–55, for an earlier sense; coined in 1977 by Canadian-American psychologist Albert Bandura (1925–2021), for the current sense