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[Self-efficacy predictiveness and its determinants among preschoolers]
1Department of Child Psychology, Faculty of Education, Hiroshima University, Higashihiroshima.
Shinrigaku Kenkyu : the Japanese Journal of Psychology
|April 1, 1993
Summary
Older children (5-year-olds) made more accurate self-efficacy predictions than younger children (3-year-olds) by using task performance information and experience. Younger children improved accuracy when provided with task performance feedback.
Area of Science:
- Developmental Psychology
- Cognitive Development
- Motor Skill Acquisition
Context:
- Investigating the development of self-efficacy in young children.
- Examining factors influencing accurate self-efficacy predictions.
- Focusing on a gross motor skill: ball throwing.
Purpose:
- To compare the precision of self-efficacy predictions between 3-year-olds and 5-year-olds.
- To identify factors contributing to accurate efficacy expectations in children.
- To understand how task experience and performance information influence self-efficacy.
Summary:
- Older children (5-year-olds) demonstrated significantly more accurate self-efficacy predictions than younger children (3-year-olds) regarding a ball-throwing task.
- Accurate predictions in older children were linked to their task performance and were influenced by experience and task complexity.
- While younger children's predictions lacked accuracy, providing them with task performance information improved their realistic efficacy estimations.
Impact:
- Highlights age-related differences in self-efficacy development and prediction accuracy.
- Underscores the importance of experience and performance feedback in shaping children's realistic self-perceptions.
- Informs interventions aimed at improving self-efficacy and motor skill learning in early childhood.