“…This might be particularly true since domain-specific differences often cancel each other out. Self-efficacy has been shown to be beneficial for numerous educational outcomes such as increased achievement, persistence and effort, and self-regulation as well as reduced test anxiety (Tang & Westwood, 2007;Kitsantas & Zimmerman, 2008;Salami & Ogundokun, 2009;Schnell et al, 2015;Hoigaard et al, 2015;Raufelder & Ringeisen, 2016;Rossi et al, 2020) and is highly contextualized (Bandura, 1997). Individuals develop an "enduring interest in activities at which they feel efficacious and from which they derive self-satisfaction" (Bandura, 1997, p. 219).…”