title: Relationships between conscientiousness, self-efficacy, self-deception, and learning over time.
abstract: The present study examined the dual mediating effects of self-efficacy and self-deception on the relationship between conscientiousness and learning over time. Data from 134 college students were used to investigate the relative impact of self-efficacy and self-deception. Consistent with the hypothesized model, conscientiousness was significantly and positively related to both early training self-efficacy and self-deception, and both self-efficacy and self-deception had significant effects on learning but in opposite directions. Furthermore, the relative impact of self-efficacy and self-deception on learning changed over time as expected. The negative effect of self-deception in early stages of training disappeared at later stages of training but the positive effects of self-efficacy remained. Support was not found for self-efficacy and self-deception as mediators of the conscientiousness-learning relationship.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, USA. sunhee.lee@ode.state.oh.us
authors.forename: Sunhee
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Howard J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Klein
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003242:Conscience; D008192:Deception; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D008297:Male; D020377:Self Efficacy; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013997:Time Factors