Self-efficacy and confidence

Question 1

What are the 4 parts of Vealey’s model:

Answer 1

• COmpetitive orientation
• Objective sport situation
• Result
• State confidence

Question 2

Competitive orientation:

Answer 2

• The performer takes into account the situation in which the task is being undertaken
• Combination of skill and situation
• If the skill succeeds, state and trait confidence increase
• The conditions that the skill is performed in are taken into account

Question 3

Result:

Answer 3

• Players evaluates how well the skill was performed
• May lead to improvement in confidence
• Direct affect of state and trait confidence

Question 4

State confidence:

Answer 4

• A belief in the ability to master a specific sporting situation

Question 5

Bandura’s self-efficacy theory:

Answer 5

• Confidence may vary with situations
• Self-esteem occurs as a result of increased confidence
• The willingness to compete and persist with the activity increases

Question 6

4 reasons and causes for self-efficacy:

Answer 6

• performance accomplishments
• Vicarious experience
• Verbal persuasion
• Emotional arousal

Question 7

Performance accomplishments:

Answer 7

• influenced by what you have done in the past
• can be enhanced if the players not only achieves but wins and enjoys the experience

Question 8

Vicarious experience:

Answer 8

• watching others doing the same task and being successful
• the effect of seeing others do well is enhanced if the ‘model’ have similar ability to the peformer

Question 9

Verbal persuasion:

Answer 9

• Reinforcement and encouragement
• Praise from others (coach, fellow spectators)
• Even more significant - if received from those with high esteem

Question 10

Emotional arousal:

Answer 10

• Perception of the effects of anxiety on performance
• Keeping calm and maintaining control is essential to a good performance

Question 11

Self-esteem:

Answer 11

The belief in the ability to master a specific sporting situation

Question 12

Ways to improve confidence and self-efficacy:

Answer 12

• Cognitive stress management techniques
• identify past successful performances
• support and encouragement
• set achievable goals
• Mental rehearsal

Question 13

Home-field advantage:

Answer 13

• Home audience increases players motivation, which increases the likelihood of winning
• Home = ‘functional assertive behaviour’ = home time has more drive
• home audience have a negative effect on the away team due to chanting
• Home advantage is a mix between increased confidence and anxiety
• the bigger and more supportive crowd, the more positive affect
• home crowd can cause the home team to choke