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Changes in task self-efficacy and emotion across competitive performances in golf
Ian D Boardley1, Ben Jackson, Alexander Simmons
1School of Sport, Exercise, & Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology
|October 8, 2015
Summary
Golfers' self-efficacy is boosted by coach motivation and performance, influencing their emotions. Self-efficacy changes mediate how performance impacts golfer affect and emotions during competition.
Area of Science:
- Sports Psychology
- Motor Control
- Performance Psychology
Background:
- Coach motivation efficacy influences athlete self-efficacy.
- Performance impacts changes in self-efficacy and affect.
- Self-efficacy mediates the relationship between performance and affective outcomes.
Purpose of the Study:
- Investigate the effect of coach motivation efficacy on golfers' precompetition self-efficacy.
- Examine the impact of performance on pre-to-postround changes in self-efficacy.
- Determine how self-efficacy changes affect golfer affect and emotions.
- Assess the mediating role of self-efficacy changes in the performance-affect relationship.
Main Methods:
- Validated a golf self-efficacy scale with 197 golfers.
- Used structural equation modeling with 200 golfers measuring coach motivation efficacy, self-efficacy, and affect.
- Replicated Study 2 with 212 golfers, assessing specific emotions instead of general affect.
Main Results:
- Coach motivation efficacy positively predicted precompetition self-efficacy.
- Performance positively predicted pre-to-postcompetition changes in self-efficacy.
- Self-efficacy changes influenced positive and negative affect, mediating performance effects on affect.
Conclusions:
- Coach efficacy perceptions are important for golfers' self-efficacy.
- Personal efficacy beliefs facilitate the impact of performance on affective outcomes.
- Findings highlight the interconnectedness of coaching, self-efficacy, performance, and emotion in golf.
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