title: Dispositional and task-specific social-cognitive determinants of physical effort perseverance.
abstract: The authors performed 3 studies to investigate the effects of social-cognitive variables on physical effort perseverance. Linear hierarchical regressions indicated that task-specific variables and perceived ability or competence accounted for the majority of perseverance variance in all 3 studies. The strongest single predictors in this cluster of variables were perceived competence, confidence, and readiness to invest effort. Physical self-health and ability accounted for a lesser portion of effort perseverance variance, with self-presentation confidence being the major single predictor in this cluster. The goal orientation cluster accounted for the least amount of effort perseverance variance. Together with task-specific confidence and the readiness to invest effort, as well as determination and commitment and competence, the findings support the contention that task-specific efficacious beliefs to a large extent determine persistence and endurance behaviors.
authors.affiliation: College of Education, Department of Educational Psychology and Learning Systems, Florida State University, Tallahassee 32306, USA. tenenbau@coe.fsu.edu
authors.forename: Gershon
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tenenbaum
authors.forename: Ronnie
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lidor
authors.forename: Noah
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Lavyan
authors.forename: Kieran
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Morrow
authors.forename: Shirley
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tonnel
authors.forename: Aaron
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gershgoren
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000339:Affect; D003071:Cognition; D006040:Goals; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D005082:Physical Exertion; D012649:Self Concept; D012931:Social Environment; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires