Examining The Relationship Between The Timing Of A Perceived Self Efficacy Questionnaire Duration Of Training And Levels Of Self Efficacy And Demonstrated Skills In Smiths Patient Centered Interview PDF Download

The current study examined how over- and underestimations of ability progress with increasing experience completing a task. Prior research has demonstrated inconsistent effects when investigating the relationship between self-efficacy and performance at the within-person level of analysis, often theorizing distinct effects of over- versus underestimating one's ability level. Thus, the current study investigated the discrepancy between self-efficacy, one's belief in their capability to accomplish some task, and actual performance levels. The current study replicated findings that self-efficacy converges on performance over time and extended prior research by demonstrating the rate of convergence might be affected by the size of initial discrepancy and generalized self-efficacy. Further, in a second study meant to compare self-efficacy - performance discrepancies (SPDs) and goal - performance discrepancies (GPDs), we demonstrated that reporting one's self-efficacy before each trial led to better performance than reporting goal level before each trial.