Experiencing Happiness and Self-Efficacy among Behavioral Therapists

Abstract

Self-efficacy is a positive belief, not a necessary skill to achieve the desired result (Bandura, 1994, 1997; Pajares, 2002). This is the belief that a performed action will lead to an intended outcome (Maddux, 1999b). Happiness at job is associated with the best results of the performed work (Diener et al., 2018). The goal of the present research was to study the relationship between these two constructs, self-efficacy and happiness, among behavioral therapists (N = 51). The findings showed statistically significant positive correlation between the variables (r(49) = .39. p < .01). Additionally, happiness emerged as a significant predictor of perceived self-efficacy (β = .39, t = 2.937, p < .01).