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Interdependent Tripartite Efficacy Perceptions and Individual Performance: Case Study of a Boys' Basketball Team
Joseph M Stonecypher1, Lindsey C Blom2, James E Johnson2
1Comprehensive Solider and Family Fitness, Fort Riley, KS, USA.
Psychological Reports
|March 16, 2018
Summary
This study explored tripartite efficacy beliefs in high school basketball players over a season. Findings suggest other-efficacy beliefs influence partner performance, adding to the understanding of self-efficacy dynamics in sports.
Area of Science:
- Sport Psychology
- Social Psychology
- Motor Learning
Background:
- Tripartite efficacy encompasses self-efficacy, other-efficacy, and relation-inferred self-efficacy.
- Existing research on tripartite efficacy is primarily cross-sectional, lacking longitudinal data.
- The intra-dyad tripartite efficacy model is gaining traction in sports psychology.
Purpose of the Study:
- To longitudinally examine changes in tripartite efficacy beliefs within a dyad.
- To investigate the relationship between efficacy beliefs and individual/partner performance in basketball.
- To explore the potential spiraling effects between efficacy and performance over a season.
Main Methods:
- A case study design was employed with six high school basketball players.
- Data were collected at seven intervals throughout the season using the Basketball-Tripartite Efficacy Measure.
- Individual performance statistics were objectively analyzed using a performance formula.
Main Results:
- Variations in other-efficacy beliefs correlated with the dyad partner's performance.
- Self-efficacy variations aligned with individual performance scores.
- Observational data supported previous findings on efficacy-performance spirals and plateaus.
- A novel finding was the demonstrated relationship between other-efficacy beliefs and other-performance, including spiraling effects.
Conclusions:
- This study provides the first longitudinal evidence of tripartite efficacy beliefs in a dyadic sports context.
- Other-efficacy beliefs appear to directly influence a partner's performance.
- The findings highlight the dynamic interplay between efficacy beliefs and performance over time, supporting spiraling effects.
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