Citation

Saville PD, Bray SR, Martin Ginis KA, Cairney J, Marinoff-Shupe D, Pettit A. J. Sport Exerc. Psychol. 2014; 36(2): 146-156.

Affiliation

Department of Kinesiology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, Human Kinetics Publishers)

DOI

10.1123/jsep.2013-0144

PMID

24686951

Abstract

Interpersonal feedback from coaches may be instrumental in the formation of children's self-efficacy to learn or perform sport skills. We report on two studies that explored perceived sources of self-efficacy and relation-inferred self-efficacy (RISE) in one-on-one interviews with sport camp participants (N = 61; ages 7-12) and focus groups with recreational league participants (N = 28; ages 8-12). Participants' responses indicated that prior experiences and socially constructed interactions contributed to the development of self-efficacy and RISE beliefs.

RESULTS support Bandura's (1997) theorizing that self-efficacy is developed through processing of experiential feedback as well as Lent and Lopez's (2002) tripartite theory proposing interpersonal feedback from influential others contributes to children's RISE and self-efficacy.

Language: en