...beliefs also influence an individual's thought patterns and emotional reactions. High self -efficacy helps create feelings of serenity in approaching difficult...tougher than they really are, a belief that fosters anxiety, stress, depression, and a narrow vision of how best to solve a problem. This function of self...

...deficient knowledge and skills, skills and knowledge that they immediately acknowledge are acquirable. High self-efficacy helps create feelings of serenity...difficult tasks and activities. Conversely, people who doubt their capabilities may believe that things are tougher than they really are, a belief that...

...indicated they had medium anxiety. Conversely, individuals with low self efficacy beliefs may feel that things are tougher than they really are; a belief that fosters stress, depression and narrow vision of how to solve a problem (Pajares, 1997). However, varying the teaching processes, teachers...