Examining the relationships between self‐efficacy, task‐relevant attentional control , and task performance: Evidence from event‐related brain potentials
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Self‐efficacy ( SE ) is a modifiable psychosocial factor related to individuals’ beliefs in their capabilities to successfully complete courses of action and has been shown to be positively associated with task performance. The authors hypothesized that one means through which SE is related with improved performance is through enhanced task‐relevant attentional control during task execution. To assess this hypothesis, we examined the relationships between SE and behavioural and neural indices of task performance and task‐relevant attentional control for 76 young adults during the completion of a flanker task. Results showed that greater SE was associated with greater response accuracy and P3b amplitude across task conditions, and faster RT under more difficult task conditions. Additionally, P3b amplitude was found to mediate the relationship between SE and task performance in the difficult condition. These findings suggest that greater attentional allocation to task‐relevant processes, including monitoring stimulus‐response relationships and focusing attention on working memory operations, may help explain the association between SE and improved task performance.
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Higher self-efficacy is associated with greater attention to task error cues and greater response accuracy during task execution with faster reaction time during more difficult or incongruent task conditions.
“Higher self-efficacy was associated with greater attention to task error cues (Themanson et al., 2008) and greater response accuracy during task execution with faster reaction time (RT) during more difficult or incongruent task conditions (Themanson & Rosen, 2015).”
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- Authors
- Themanson, J. R., & Rosen, P. J.
- Affiliations
- Illinois Wesleyan University (US)
- Washington State University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Themanson, Jason R.
- Venue
- British Journal of Psychology
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2014-09-13
- Volume
- 106
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 253-271
- ISSN
- 0007-1269 (ISSN-L)
- 2044-8295
- OpenAlex
- W2082802076
- Cited by
- 63
- References
- 61
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- FWCI
- 1.12
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- British Journal of Psychology (publishedVersion, public-domain)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Digital Commons at Illinois Wesleyan University (Illinois Wesleyan University) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Illinois Wesleyan University
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Education, Achievement, and Giftedness
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Sport Psychology and Performance
- Keywords
- self-efficacy, task performance, flanker task, response accuracy, reaction time, mediation, working memory, young adults
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Attention, Brain, Cognition, Electroencephalography, Evoked Potentials, Female, Humans, Male, Memory, Reaction Time, Regression Analysis, Task Performance and Analysis, Self Efficacy, Young Adult
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