The effect of general and task-specific self-efficacy on the performance of a fine motor task
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ABSTRACT:
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of general, pre-existing self-efficacy and task-specific self-efficacy on the performance of a fine motor task. Subjects were placed in high and low general efficacy groups on the basis of their scores on the Perceived Physical Ability subscale. One-third of each of these general groups was randomly assigned to each treatment condition: high manipulation, low manipulation, or control. All groups were balanced for gender. The subjects then received training on a rotary pursuit task and completed a three-trial pretest. This was followed by additional rotary pursuit trials during which falsified performance information was used to manipulate efficacy expectations. Task-specific self-efficacy was then measured and a three-trial posttest completed. The manipulation of efficacy expectations was successful and significant differences were found in the performance of the task-specific self-efficacy groups. Subjects in the high self-efficacy group outperformed those in the low self-efficacy group, who outperformed the control group. No significant difference was found between the performance of subjects in the high and low general self-efficacy groups. Therefore, it was found that task-specific self-efficacy can be manipulated and this manipulation subsequently influences fine motor skill performance. General, pre-existing self-efficacy was not found to be an influential factor. These findings extend and support the previous research on this topic.
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