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Self-Efficacy, Valence of Self-Evaluation, and Performance

Bucknell University

Paul A. Pusecker

United States Military Academy

In two experiments, self efficacy theory was used to conceptualize the effect of efficacy expectancies and valence of self-evaluation on performance. In Experiment 1, efficacy expectancies were manipulated by practice item difficulty and feedback, and self-evaluation was manipulated by providing a standard of comparison. In Experiment 2, efficacy expectancies developed spontaneously while participants performed easy or difficult tasks, and the potential for self-evaluation was crossed with the potential for experimenter evaluation. In both experiments, as predicted, in the high-efficacy condition, self-evaluation participants performed better than no-self-evaluation participants, whereas in the low-efficacy condition, self-evaluation participants performed worse than no-self-evaluation participants. In addition, in Experiment 2, the equivalence of self-evaluation and experimenter evaluation was demonstrated. Implications for self-effcacy and self evaluation processes are discussed.

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Vol. 20, No. 1, 82-92 (1994)
DOI: 10.1177/0146167294201008


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