2.2.12. Confidence and Self Efficacy Flashcards
Sports confidence definition
The self belief an individual has in their ability to be successful in sport.
Self-efficacy definition
The confidence we have in specific situations
Self esteem definition
The feeling of self worth that determines how valuable and competent we feel
Impact of sports confidence on performance
- High sports confidence leads to high motivation and thus performance
- Low sports confidence leads to low motivation and thus performance
Impact of sports confidence on participation
- Increased SC leads to increased participation due to approach behaviour in competitive situations
- Decreased SC leads to decreased participation due to avoidance behaviour in competitive situations
Impact of sports confidence on self esteem
- High SC leads to high self esteem due to internal attributions for success leading to mastery orientation
- Low SC leads to low self esteem due to internal attributions for success leading to learned helplessness
Sporting context
- Sporting situation
- e.g. taking a penalty
Trait sports confidence
- Refers to innate, stable and enduring self belief in sport
- e.g. confident in range of sports
Competitive orientation
- Refers to degree of competitiveness
- e.g. volunteer to take a penalty
State sports confidence
- Refers to situation specific self-belief in sport
- e.g. confident when taking a penalty
Behavioural response
- How well a skill is performed
- e.g. penalty is taken well
Subjective outcomes
- Interpretation of success
- e.g. score penalty
What is state sports confidence directly influenced by?
Trait sports confidence and competitive orientation and the sporting context
What does is mean if trait SC and and competitive orientation are high
State sports confidence is more likely to be high
Positive subject outcome
- Increased trait sports confidence/ competitive orientation
- Leads to state sports confidence/ self efficacy/ approach behaviour
Negative subject outcome
- Decreased trait sports confidence/ competitive orientation
- Leads to decreased state sports confidence/ self efficacy/ increased avoidance behaviour
Self efficacy
Self confidence can be specific to a particular situation
Bandura’s 4 sources
- Performance accomplishments
- Vicarious experiences
- Verbal persuasion
- Emotional arousal
Performance accomplishments
A reminder of previous experiences in the related skill or situation
Vicarious experiences
Watching others perform the skill in question
Verbal persuasion
Coaching and evaluating feedback (significant other)
Emotional arousal
The evaluation the performer makes of a physiological state
Positive performance accomplishments
- Reminding performer of previous success
- Internal attributions for success
- e.g. showing a striker video of previous successful penalties
Positive vicarious experiences
- Watching someone of similar ability being successful
- e.g. seeing a team mate score a penalty
Positive verbal persuasion
- Positive feedback from a coach
- Most effective if a significant other
- e.g. coach praising a performer for scoring a penalty
Positive emotional arousal
- Understanding high arousal can lead to high performance/ how to lower arousal
- e.g. a player scoring a penalty in a final under high arousal
What do Bandura’s 4 sources lead to with a positive outcome?
Increased self efficacy leading to athletic performance
Negative performance accomplishments
- Performer hasn’t experienced previous success
- Attributing failure to internal factors ability
- e.g. a player not scored a penalty before
Negative vicarious experiences
- Seeing someone of similar ability fail
- Seeing someone of HA/ older succeed
- e.g. seeing a teammate miss their penalty
Negative verbal persuasion
- May not have received positive feedback
- Overuse of negative feedback
- e.g. coach doesn’t give the striker any encouragement
Negative emotional arousal
- Associates high arousal with failure
- May not have stress management techniques
- e.g. a player worrying before the penalty as they are over-aroused
What do Bandura’s 4 sources lead to with a negative outcome?
Self efficacy is low so performance is negatively impacted
