Self-doubt creates the impetus for learning but hinders adept use of previously established skills

Self-belief does not necessarily ensure success, but self-disbelief assuredly spawns failure.

Perceived self-efficacy in coping with potential threats leads people to approach such situations anxiously, and experience of disruptive arousal may further lower their sense of efficacy that they will be able to perform skillfully

Self-efficacy is the belief in one's capabilities to organize and execute the sources of action required to manage prospective situations.

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

Regression analyses show that self-efficacy contributes to achievement behavior beyond the effects of cognitive skills

The performances of others are often selected as standards for self-improvement of abilities

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

Ironically, it is the talented who have high aspirations, which are possible but exceedingly difficult to realize, who are especially vulnerable to self-dissatisfaction despite notable achievements