Self Efficacy Development in Rachael Lippincott s Five Feet Apart

Abstract

This study analyzed Stella Grant s self efficacy development portrait in the novel Five Feet Apart< em> by Rachael Lippincott Self efficacy refers to people s belief in themselves and their ability that they are capable of accomplishing goals This research focus on Stella Grant as the protagonist to find evidence of Stella s self efficacy development This study used qualitative descriptive method which the results are in the form of words and where the data were collected by primary and secondary sources The primary data were collected from Five feet Apart < em>novel and the secondary data were from articles journals e journals books e books and any other sources The data analysis used psychological approach and used the concept of self efficacy expounded by Albert Bandura in his work Self efficacy : The exercise of control< em> 1997 The result showed that there are four sources that influenced Stella s self efficacy namely mastery experience social modeling verbal persuasion and physiological and emotional state Among those sources verbal persuasion and physiological amp; emotional state contribute the most in influencing Stella s sense of self efficacy< p>