Self-efficacy in Militancy Affected Youth of Kashmir Valley

Abstract

Self-efficacy is a competence belief about one's “judgments of their capabilities to organize and execute courses of action required to attain designated types of performances” (Bandura, 1986,
p. 391). There are multiple sources of self-efficacy beliefs, but mastery experiences—how one
interprets, evaluates, and judges their competence—is the most powerful source (Bandura,
1997).Hence, the aim of the present investigation was to study self-efficacy in militancy affected
youth of Kashmir valley. Self-efficacy was studied in two groups- militancy affected group and
militancy non-affected group. Sample comprised 100 participants, 50 each in two groups. Selfefficacy was measured through General Self-efficacy Scale developed by Ralf Schwarzer and
Matthias Jerusalem. t test showed that the control group scored significantly higher than the
experimental group. When compared in terms of gender no significant difference was found in
experimental group where as in control group significant difference was found as females outshined
males