Items:

1. No matter how much energy I put into a task, I feel I have no control over the outcome.
2. I feel that my own inability to solve problems is the cause of my failures.
3. I cannot find solutions to difficult problems.
4. I don’t place myself in situations in which I cannot.
5. If I complete a task successfully, it is probably because I became lucky.
6. I do not have the ability to solve most of life’s problems.
7. When I do not succeed at a task I do not attempt any similar tasks because I feel that I will fail them also.
8. When something doesn’t turn out the way I planned, I know it is because I didn’t have the ability to start with.
9. Other people have more control over their success and/or failure than I do.
10. I do not try a new task if I have failed similar tasks in the past.
11. When I perform poorly it is because I don’t have the ability to perform better.
12. I do not accept a task that I do not think I will succeed in.
13. I feel that I have little control over the outcomes of my work.
14. I am unsuccessful at most tasks I try.
15. I feel that anyone else could do better than me in most tasks.
16. I am unable to reach my goals in life.
17. When I don’t succeed at a task, I find myself blaming my own stupidity for my failure.
18. No matter how hard I try, things never seem to work out the way I want them to.
19. I feel that my success reflects chance, not my ability.
20. My behavior does not seem to influence the success of a work group.

Response Options:
Strongly Agree
Agree
Disagree
Strongly Disagree