Lecture 18: Social Support and Self-Confidence Flashcards
What is social support?
Comfort, care, assistance and information provided by others
When does social support play a more significant role?
After an intention is formed
Social support vs Social pressure
They are different; social support contributes to a sense of relatedness, it is care from others rather than external pressures
Who can provide social support?
- Friends
- Family
- Co-workers
- Peers
What kind of support do the people around us provide?
- Motivation
- Information/Knowledge (to know what to do, assisting with the ability to be active)
- Relating to struggles
- Comfort, being able to talk about personal life and struggles
What are the different types of social support?
- Practical assistance
- Encouragement, care, empathy
- Directions, advice, suggestions
- Information used to gauge progress, bolster confidence
Size vs Type of social support
The size of your social network is not as important as the type of support that you are getting
- You need to have the right people around you, not just heaps of people who aren’t entirely helpful
What is self-efficacy?
Perception of ability to exercise and achieve a particular outcome (be successful)
- Beliefs about capability
- Situational self-confidence
What is task self-efficacy?
The confidence to perform the essential aspects of a task (e.g. walk for 20 min at mod intensity)
What is self-regulatory self-efficacy?
The confidence to schedule exercise, stick to exercise plans and overcome barriers
What is the relationship between change in self-efficacy and change in PA?
Very strong relationship (r=0.71)
- 0.71 is a huge correlation in psychology
How can we build self-efficacy?
- Through recalling previous accomplishments
- Through creating new accomplishments
- Through positive feedback
- Through seeing other people do it
Why is recalling previous accomplishments positive?
“I did it before, I can do it again”
- find similarities between that and what is happening now
- help to build confidence
Why is creating new accomplishments positive?
- Setting new mastery goals provide optimal challenges
- Gives ability to record/recognise goal achievement
- Provides consistent building ability and ability to feel accomplished
Why is positive feedback (verbal persuasion) positive?
- Allows specific not just general feedback
- Helps us know exactly what we are confident in achieving
- Reminding yourself you can do it (positive self-statements)
