Self-efficacy and music performance
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This study is the second in a series of investigations attempting to clarify relationships between variables that impact on a young musician's ability to perform music (as assessed on a graded music examination). Consistent with studies on school academic subjects, our previous investigation demonstrated the importance of self-efficacy in predicting young musicians’ performance examination results. In the current study, structural equation modelling allowed us to compare two different types of graded music performance examinations. Although differences emerged between the two sets of data, self-efficacy was again found to be the most important predictor of achievement in the examinations. Implications arising from this finding are discussed in the final section of the article.
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Past studies have indicated a significant role of students' self-efficacy beliefs in music performance.
“Past studies have indicated the significant role of students' self-efficacy beliefs in music performance (e.g.McCormick & McPherson, 2003;McPherson & McCormick, 2006;Schmidt, 2005).”
From Teachers’ perceptions of declining participation in school music (2011) · cites this paper as McPherson & McCormick, 2006
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- Authors
- McPherson, G. E., & McCormick, J.
- Affiliations
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (US)
- UNSW Sydney (AU)
- ORCID
- McPherson, Gary E.
- Venue
- Psychology of Music
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2006-07
- Volume
- 34
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 322-336
- ISSN
- 0305-7356 (ISSN-L)
- 1741-3087
- OpenAlex
- W2029119812
- Cited by
- 431
- References
- 3
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 160.58
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- handle.unsw.edu.au
- Licence
- Locations
- Psychology of Music (publishedVersion)
- UNSWorks (UNSW Sydney) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- UNSWorks (University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Music › Diverse Music Education Insights
- 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, music performance, young musicians, music achievement, performance anxiety, music education
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