Concept Evaluation Antecedents. Walker and Avant (2005) describe antecedents as, “those events or incidents that must occur or be in place prior to the occurrence of the concept” (p.167). In analyzing self confidence, many antecedents quickly become apparent. Prior to the presence of self confidence, a specific role, external stimuli, emotions, and self esteem all must be present (as cited in Perry, 2011). Furthermore, either internal or external support must be present (as cited in White, 2009). For example, internal support could be personal self encouragement while external support could be encouragement from other individuals. But alongside this, knowledge is also a precedent for self confidence (as cited in Perry, 2011; as cited in White,
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According to Walker and Avant (2005), empirical referents are “Classes or categories of actual phenomena that by their existence or presence demonstrate the occurrence of the concept itself,” and “in many cases the defining attributes and the empirical referents will be identical” (p.168). For the purposes of this concept analysis, the defining attributes and empirical referents are identical. Thus, the empirical referents are the previously discussed attributes of 1) Belief in present and future ability, 2) Courage and determination to try or try again in the face of failure, and 3) Faith and trust in self. In analyzing why the empirical referents and defining attributes are identical in this concept analysis, one must first identify that many of the pre-existing self confidence scales that are utilized today are based solely on subjective factors where Likert scales are implemented. For example, a potential question on a clinical confidence scale would state, “Rate yourself from one to four on the following, where one is “completely lacking confidence” and four is “very confident”. Thus, self confidence scales that are implemented today are based solely on subjective factors of ones perception of their confidence. Perhaps it would be useful to develop a more objective self confidence scale for future use where factors that were more inherently present were included. Factors such as ones level of decisiveness, one’s body language (good posture/holding …show more content…
In this concept analysis, the aim was to clarify and explicate the meaning of the existing concept, self confidence, in order to clearly differentiate its meaning from other related terms. In doing this, self confidence was defined as “the feeling or belief that you can do something well or succeed at something” (Webster, 2003). Various uses of the concept were explored such as confidence intervals, over confidence, under confidence, and false confidence. It was found that the term confidence is derived from the Latin word fidere, which means "to trust" (Online Etymology Dictionary, 2015). The three attributes identified for self confidence were 1) Belief in present and future ability, 2) Courage and determination to try or try again in the face of failure, and 3) Faith and trust in self. With these attributes in mind, a model case, contrary case, and borderline case were all discussed fictitiously to exemplify the
According to Walker and Avant (2005), empirical referents are “Classes or categories of actual phenomena that by their existence or presence demonstrate the occurrence of the concept itself,” and “in many cases the defining attributes and the empirical referents will be identical” (p.168). For the purposes of this concept analysis, the defining attributes and empirical referents are identical. Thus, the empirical referents are the previously discussed attributes of 1) Belief in present and future ability, 2) Courage and determination to try or try again in the face of failure, and 3) Faith and trust in self. In analyzing why the empirical referents and defining attributes are identical in this concept analysis, one must first identify that many of the pre-existing self confidence scales that are utilized today are based solely on subjective factors where Likert scales are implemented. For example, a potential question on a clinical confidence scale would state, “Rate yourself from one to four on the following, where one is “completely lacking confidence” and four is “very confident”. Thus, self confidence scales that are implemented today are based solely on subjective factors of ones perception of their confidence. Perhaps it would be useful to develop a more objective self confidence scale for future use where factors that were more inherently present were included. Factors such as ones level of decisiveness, one’s body language (good posture/holding …show more content…
In this concept analysis, the aim was to clarify and explicate the meaning of the existing concept, self confidence, in order to clearly differentiate its meaning from other related terms. In doing this, self confidence was defined as “the feeling or belief that you can do something well or succeed at something” (Webster, 2003). Various uses of the concept were explored such as confidence intervals, over confidence, under confidence, and false confidence. It was found that the term confidence is derived from the Latin word fidere, which means "to trust" (Online Etymology Dictionary, 2015). The three attributes identified for self confidence were 1) Belief in present and future ability, 2) Courage and determination to try or try again in the face of failure, and 3) Faith and trust in self. With these attributes in mind, a model case, contrary case, and borderline case were all discussed fictitiously to exemplify the