Promoting Mentee Research Self-Efficacy

Self-efficacy, an individual’s belief in their capacity to execute the behaviors necessary to perform in a particular capacity, is essential for graduate students to be productive in their research. In this session, mentors will learn strategies to determine their mentees’ degree self-efficacy and approaches to promote the self-efficacy of their mentees.

At the conclusion of this workshop, participants will be able to:

• Define and articulate what self-efficacy is and its sources
• Articulate the mentor’s role in fostering mentees’ research self-efficacy
• Identify signs of self-efficacy in relation to research-related tasks
• Practice strategies for building mentees’ self-efficacy in research