If at first you don't succeed: Effects of failure on general and task-specific self-efficacy and performance

North American Journal of Psychology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 171-182

  Smith, Sara Anne ^a   Kass, Steven J ^b   Rotunda, Rob J ^b   Schneider, Sherry K ^b  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA   (United States)

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