title: Path analysis examining self-efficacy and decision-making performance on a simulated baseball task.
abstract: 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) performzed 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Exercise and Sport Science, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, La Crosse, WI 54601, USA. thepler@uwlax.edu
authors.forename: Teri J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Hepler
authors.forename: Deborah L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Feltz
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D054874:Athletic Performance / Q000523:psychology*; D001484:Baseball / Q000523:psychology*; D003657:Decision Making; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D020377:Self Efficacy; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013997:Time Factors; D055815:Young Adult