Influence of Self-Efficacy on Self-Regulation and Performance among Junior and Senior High-School Age Students
- 30 June 1991
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in International Journal of Behavioral Development
- Vol. 14 (2), 153-164
- https://doi.org/10.1177/016502549101400203
Abstract
The aim of the present study was to examine the influence of self-efficacy on actual self-regulation during a verbal concept formation task of students, already known to be of average or above average cognitive ability, at two grade levels. Following the assessment of self-efficacy, students were observed while they attempted to solve four problems of varying difficulty. The major findings were that irrespective of differences in school grade and in cognitive ability, self-efficacy exerted significant influence on various aspects of self-regulation, such as monitoring of working time, task persistence, and rejection of correct hypotheses, as well as on performance. These results provided support for the construct validity of self-efficacy as different from cognitive competence.Keywords
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