Open AccessMAIN THEORETICAL APPROACHES TO THE STUDY OF THE PROBLEM OF SELF-EFFICIENCY OF A SOCIAL SERVICES SPECIALIST’S INDIVIDUALITY
Author(s) -
Nataliya Onopriyenko-Kapustina
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
psihologìčnij časopis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2414-004X
pISSN - 2414-0023
DOI - 10.31108/1.2020.6.1.18
Subject(s) - self efficacy , ambiguity , psychology , competence (human resources) , self realization , cognition , social cognitive theory , resource (disambiguation) , humanism , social psychology , applied psychology , computer science , computer network , neuroscience , political science , law , programming language
The article presents the results of theoretical analysis of scientific approaches to the self-efficacy problem study of the individual in general and the social services specialist, in particular. The research stated the ambiguity of the interpretation of the concept of “self-efficacy” and, at the same time, the role of self-efficacy in successful professional activity. We identified the main approaches to the study of the self-efficacy problem study of the individual and related concepts, which are: socio-cognitive psychoanalytic behavioural; personal and activity; humanistic; subjective; effective; competence; resource, acmeological approach, etc. We proposed the acmeological approach as a basis in the context of the study of the self-efficacy problems, and its development, within which self-efficacy should be considered as an essential factor in achieving professional social specialists’ “acme”. It is shown that self-efficacy should be studied because of the possibility of its development in specially organized psychological training and socio-psychological support of specialists’ self-efficacy, their beliefs, belief in their ability to implement activities, evaluation of their effectiveness and expectations for self-realization, and professional activity.