Stringent standards of self-evaluation [can] make otherwise objective successes seem to be personal failures

Perceived self-inefficacy predicts avoidance of academic activities whereas anxiety does not

The adequacy of performance attainments depends upon the personal standards against which they are judged

The human condition is better improved by altering detrimental circumstances and personal perspectives than by trying to alter personal outlooks, while ignoring the very circumstances that serve to nourish them

People with high assurance in their capabilities approach difficult tasks as challenges to be mastered rather than as threats to be avoided.

Self-appraisals are influenced by evaluative reactions of others.

Perceived self-efficacy and beliefs about the locus of outcome causality must be distinguished