Abstract
Although Bandura (1986) has suggested that cognitive motivators such as self-efficacy cognitions and causal attributions might be causally related, there has been little effort to examine such a relationship within the motor behavior domain. The present investigation attempted to determine whether manipulated self-efficacy and children's causal attributions for performance in a competitive bicycle ergometer were related. Self-efficacy cognitions were found to be significantly related to perceptions of success on the task and to stable and controllable attributions. The results suggest that efficacy cognitions, formed as a function of consistent patterns of behavior, play an important role in the formation of causal attributions independent of the subject's perception of the achievement outcome.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 65-73 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Journal of Genetic Psychology |
Volume | 150 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Mar 1989 |
Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Developmental and Educational Psychology
- Clinical Psychology
- Life-span and Life-course Studies