An investigation of the patterns of self-efficacy, outcome expectation, outcome value, and performance across trials

@article{citeulike:2245717, abstract = {Self-efficacy, Bandura's concept of a central cognitive mediating belief, has been widely researched and found to play an important role in the initiation, persistence, and achievement of a variety of behaviors. Self-efficacy can be viewed as one aspect of expectancy-value theory, but little research has been conducted to identify the relationship between measures of self-efficacy and outcome expectation across performance trials. This paper illustrates the importance of multiple trials in the investigation of self-efficacy, outcome expectation, outcome value, and performance. Using an item-writing task, subjects' self-efficacy, outcome expectations, and outcome value ratings were measured across a 10-week period. While self-efficacy was initially related to performance, in later trials it was past behavior that accounted for most of the explained variance in item-writing performance. It appears that investigating these variables across multiple trials is essential if a comprehensive view of the relationship between self-efficacy, outcome expectation, outcome value, and behavior is to be gained. Results and alterative explanations are discussed in light of both self-efficacy theory and cognitive information process.}, author = {Sexton, Thomas L. and Tuckman, Bruce W. and Crehan, Kevin }, citeulike-article-id = {2245717}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01183285}, journal = {Cognitive Therapy and Research}, keywords = {expectation, multiple, outcome, performance, self-efficacy, trials, value}, month = {June}, number = {3}, pages = {329--348}, posted-at = {2008-01-17 15:28:28}, priority = {3}, title = {An investigation of the patterns of self-efficacy, outcome expectation, outcome value, and performance across trials}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01183285}, volume = {16}, year = {1992} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2245717 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2245717 TI - An investigation of the patterns of self-efficacy, outcome expectation, outcome value, and performance across trials JF - Cognitive Therapy and Research VL - 16 IS - 3 SP - 329 EP - 348 N2 - Self-efficacy, Bandura's concept of a central cognitive mediating belief, has been widely researched and found to play an important role in the initiation, persistence, and achievement of a variety of behaviors. Self-efficacy can be viewed as one aspect of expectancy-value theory, but little research has been conducted to identify the relationship between measures of self-efficacy and outcome expectation across performance trials. This paper illustrates the importance of multiple trials in the investigation of self-efficacy, outcome expectation, outcome value, and performance. Using an item-writing task, subjects' self-efficacy, outcome expectations, and outcome value ratings were measured across a 10-week period. While self-efficacy was initially related to performance, in later trials it was past behavior that accounted for most of the explained variance in item-writing performance. It appears that investigating these variables across multiple trials is essential if a comprehensive view of the relationship between self-efficacy, outcome expectation, outcome value, and behavior is to be gained. Results and alterative explanations are discussed in light of both self-efficacy theory and cognitive information process. KW - expectation KW - multiple KW - outcome KW - performance KW - self-efficacy KW - trials KW - value AU - Sexton, Thomas AU - Tuckman, Bruce AU - Crehan, Kevin PY - 1992/06/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01183285 ER -