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Publication Date: 2012-Mar
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Path Analysis Examining Self-Efficacy and Decision-Making Performance on a Simulated Baseball Task
Hepler, Teri J.; Feltz, Deborah L.
Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, v83 n1 p55-64 Mar 2012
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between decision-making self-efficacy and decision-making performance in sport. Undergraduate students (N = 78) performed 10 trials of a decision-making task in baseball. Self-efficacy was measured before performing each trial. Decision-making performance was assessed by decision speed and decision accuracy. Path analyses examined the relationships between self-efficacy, residualized past performance, and current performance. The results indicated that self-efficacy was a significant and consistent predictor of decision speed (eight of nine trials), but not decision accuracy (four of nine trials). It was also found that experience does not have a meaningful effect on the relationship between self-efficacy and decision-making performance in sport. (Contains 6 notes, 1 table and 2 figures.)
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Team Sports, Path Analysis, Undergraduate Students, Reaction Time, Accuracy, Experience, Decision Making, Simulation, Video Technology, Computer Games, Correlation, Pretests Posttests, Predictor Variables, Self Concept Measures, Questionnaires
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Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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