The purpose of this study was to examine how differences in children's self
-efficacy, age, and gender impact motivational intentions, future self-effi
cacy, and attributions following perceptions of failure. Children, ages 8-1
4 years (N = 289), were assigned to either high or low self-efficacy groups
, and measures of intended effort, persistence, choice, future self-efficac
y, and attributions for failure were collected following a failure scenario
. Results indicated that children with higher self-efficacy chose to partic
ipate and had higher future self-efficacy scores than those with lower self
-efficacy. Higher efficacy children attributed failure to lack of effort, w
hereas, those with lower efficacy attributed failure to lack of ability. Ag
e-related differences were also found with choice to participate, effort, a
nd future self-efficacy.