Citation

Miyake M, Matsuda F. Psychol. Rep. 2002; 90(1): 301-308.

Affiliation

Faculty of International Studies and Informatics, Hagi International University, Hagi City, Yamaguchi, Japan.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2002, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

11899001

Abstract

The effects of social comparison feedback on specific self-efficacy and performance of high generalized self-efficacy participants and low generalized self-efficacy participants were examined with the help of 20 participants with high generalized self-efficacy and 20 participants with low generalized self-efficacy. Half of the participants in each generalized self-efficacy group received negative social comparison feedback after each of four trials of an experimental task while the other half received no feedback. Two kinds of specific self-efficacy-performance-based and normative-based--were measured once before the task and four times after the trials of the task. After the task, the High generalized self-efficacy/Feedback group rated performance-based specific self-efficacy higher and performed better than the Low generalized self-efficacy/Feedback group. No significant difference was observed between the High generalized self-efficacy/No feedback group and Low generalized self-efficacy/No feedback group. There were no significant effects with regard to normative-based specific self-efficacy.

Language: en