Self-efficacy and Self Confidence Flashcards
Self confidence definition
“The belief that you can successfully perform a desired behaviour” (Weinberg and Gould, 2015)
State self-confidence
- something you feel today
- therefore unstable
Trait self-confidence
- part of your personality
- therefore stable
Benefits of self-confidence
- Arouses positive emotions
- Facilitates concentration
- Affects goals (more likely to set challenging goals and work hard to achieve them)
- Affects game strategies (more likely to play to win)
- Affects performance (+ve correlation)
- Increases effort and psychological momentum
Sport Confidence Model (Vealey, 1986)
Outlines the sources and the factors affecting sport confidence
Sources of sport confidence
- self-regulation
- social climate
- achievement
Factors affecting sport confidence
- demographic (age, race, gender)
- organisational culture (coaching behaviours, organisational expectations)
Self-efficacy definition
Refers to a person’s belief in their ability to perform a task successfully in a specific situation
- higher self efficacy = more likely to set challenging goals
Effects of self-efficacy
- Positive emotions
- Concentration
- Effort
- Game strategies
- Performance
Building confidence
- Optimising training and preparation
- Focus on performance accomplishments
- Think confidently
- Use imagery
Examples of optimising training and preparation
- arriving early at events
- complete a packing checklist
Examples of focusing on performance accomplishments
- set up successes through short term goals in rehab
- watch videos of own successful performances
Example of thinking confidently
- constructive self-talk and maintaining it
Examples of using imagery
- visualising successes
- ‘what if - then’ scenario planning
Sources of confidence
- Performance accomplishments
- Vicarious experiences
- Verbal persuasion
- Perception of emotional arousal and psychological states
- Imaginal experiences
