Well done! Effects of positive feedback on perceived self-efficacy, flow and performance in a mental arithmetic task
- Self-efficacy is a well-known psychological resource, being positively associated with increased performance. Furthermore, results from field studies suggest a positive impact of self-efficacy on flow experience, which has not yet been tested experimentally. In this study, we manipulated self-efficacy by means of positive feedback and investigated whether self-efficacy serves as a mediator in the relationship between positive feedback and flow and in the relationship between positive feedback and performance. Our sample consisted of 102 participants (63 female, 39 male). The experimental group received positive feedback after completing 5 min of mental arithmetic tasks on a computer, whereas the control group received no feedback. A second session of a mental arithmetic task was then completed for 5 min. Mediation analyses confirmed that specific self-efficacy mediated a positive effect of positive feedback on flow as well as on both performance measures (quality and quantity) in a subsequent task. However, direct effects of feedback on flow and on performance were not significant, which suggests the presence of other mechanisms that remain to be investigated.
Author: | Corinna PeiferORCiDGND, Pia SchönfeldGND, Birgit WoltersGND, Fabienne AustGND, Jürgen MargrafORCiDGND |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:hbz:294-74032 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01008 |
Parent Title (English): | Frontiers in psychology |
Publisher: | Frontiers Research Foundation |
Place of publication: | Lausanne |
Document Type: | Article |
Language: | English |
Date of Publication (online): | 2020/08/10 |
Date of first Publication: | 2020/06/10 |
Publishing Institution: | Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universitätsbibliothek |
Tag: | Open Access Fonds feedback; flow; mental arithmetic; performance; self-efficacy |
Volume: | 11 |
Issue: | Article 1008 |
First Page: | 1008-1 |
Last Page: | 1008-11 |
Note: | Article Processing Charge funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) and the Open Access Publication Fund of Ruhr-Universität Bochum. |
Institutes/Facilities: | Arbeitseinheit Arbeits-, Organisations- und Wirtschaftspsychologie, Arbeitsgruppe Angewandte Psychologie in Arbeit, Gesundheit und Entwicklung |
open_access (DINI-Set): | open_access |
faculties: | Fakultät für Psychologie |
Licence (English): | Creative Commons - CC BY 4.0 - Attribution 4.0 International |