Self-evaluative and self-efficacy mechanisms governing the motivational effects of goal systems.

Self-efficacy: Toward a unifying theory of behavioral change.

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Social Learning Theory.

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Self-efficacy mechanism in human agency.

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The illusion of control.

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Cultivating competence, self-efficacy, and intrinsic interest through proximal self-motivation.

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