Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Self efficacy

Pretty much individual research and a dictdef. It's also vertiginously tautological. Geogre 13:34, 12 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * Uncertain: it seems to be a valid psychological topic, however it is little more than a dicdef in its current form. If it can be expanded I would say keep. Otherwise, redirect to self-esteem or some other appropriate page. (If it is kept it needs a '-' of its own though). TPK 14:16, 12 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * A neologism coined (as near as I can tell) by Dr Albert Bandura in 1986 or so. It appears to have caught on in self-help circles.  See plenty of hits at .  Personally, I don't see much distinction between this concept and self-esteem but at least a few of the hits were academic papers splitting this hair.  Keep. Rossami 14:53, 12 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * Plain old "efficacy" is a term used in political science (a high feeling of personal efficacy is a strong predictor of whether someone will vote). I vote to move and expand. [[User:Meelar|Meelar (talk)]] 15:46, 2004 Aug 12 (UTC)
 * Merge and redirect to efficacy. Also redirect self-efficacy there. -Sean Curtin 22:16, 12 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep, obviously. 20 years ago is hardly a "neologism" and Albert Bandura isn't exactly an obscure name. --Tothebarricades.tk 04:19, 13 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep, move to cleanup. Rhymeless 05:30, 13 Aug 2004 (UTC)