title: Examining the influence of other-efficacy and self-efficacy on personal performance.
abstract: This research examined the relative effects of other-efficacy and self-efficacy beliefs in relation to individual performance within a cooperative dyadic setting. Pairs of female participants (M(age) = 20.08, SD = 1.93) performed three practice trials on a dyadic dance-based videogame. Other-efficacy and self-efficacy beliefs were then manipulated through the provision of bogus feedback regarding each pair member's coordination abilities. Following the administration of this feedback, pairs performed a final trial on this dance-based task. The results revealed a main effect for other-efficacy, such that participants in the enhanced other-efficacy conditions outperformed those in the inhibited other-efficacy conditions on this task. A main effect for self-efficacy was not observed. Furthermore, there was no evidence of an interaction between other-efficacy and self-efficacy. The results of this study suggest that other-efficacy may supersede the effects of self-efficacy in supporting personal performance within cooperative relational contexts.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
authors.forename: William L
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Dunlop
authors.forename: Daniel J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Beatty
authors.forename: Mark R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Beauchamp
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003615:Dancing / Q000502:physiology / Q000523:psychology; D030141:Feedback, Psychological / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006040:Goals; D006801:Humans; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology*; D020377:Self Efficacy; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology; D055815:Young Adult