Self-viability is, as indicated by clinician Albert Bandura who initially proposed the idea, an individual judgment of "how well one can execute approaches required to manage imminent circumstances".

Analysts have examined self-viability from a few points of view. Instructor Kathy Kolbe includes, "Faith in inborn capacities implies esteeming one's specific arrangement of subjective qualities. It additionally includes assurance and constancy to beat snags that would meddle with using those intrinsic capacities to accomplish objectives."

Self-viability influences each zone of human undertaking. By deciding the convictions an individual holds with respect to their capacity to influence circumstances, it firmly impacts both the force an individual really needs to confront difficulties ably and the decisions an individual is destined to make. These impacts are especially clear, and convincing, with respect to practices influencing wellbeing.