Autoeficacia en personas con discapacidad visual de dos instituciones de la provincia del Azuay

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to describe the levels of self-efficacy in people with disability base on Albert Bandura´s social cognitive theory approach. Albert bandura (1977), who emphasizes the study variable, self-efficacy, which influences the cognition and behavior of the individual. To carry out this study a quantitative approach of non-experimental design, of short transversal and descriptive scope was used. The study involved 35 people with visual disabilities, 25 men and 10 women, aged between 19 and 66, members of two institutions in the province of Azuay. The data were collected through a sociodemographic record and the application of the Generalized self-efficacy scale for the Ecuadorian context (Bueno-Pacheco, Lima-Castro, Peña-Contreras, Cedillo-Quizhpe, y Aguilar-Sizer, 2017). The results of the study reveal that the levels of self-efficacy in our population has an average of 33.91, a score that indicates that the self-efficacy is presented with high levels.