Goal priming and self-efficacy: independent contributions to motor performance.

Percept Mot Skills

Université Paris Ouest, Dept. de Psychologie, 200 Av. de la Républiqiue, F-92001 Nanterre Cedex, France.

Published: April 2009

It is well-established that goal pursuit and performance are responsive to the goal characteristics (e.g., difficulty, specificity) and beliefs about self and the task (e.g., self-efficacy). Also, contextual factors may lead to nonconscious goal activation and pursuit. Nevertheless, much remains to be discoverd concerning the way conscious and nonconscious goals are related. In this study, the way in which self-efficacy and nonconscious goal priming may affect a goal-directed activity was explored. 67 right-handed participants with high or low self-efficacy on their motor skills performed a drawing task associated with an accuracy instruction. Before task performance, they were primed with accuracy-related words (goal-compatible condition), inaccuracy-related words (goal-incompatible condition), or received no priming manipulation (control condition). Analysis indicated that performance of the motor task was independently influenced by self-efficacy and goal priming.

Download full-text PDF

Source
http://dx.doi.org/10.2466/PMS.108.2.383-391DOI Listing

Publication Analysis

Top Keywords

goal priming
12
nonconscious goal
8
goal
6
self-efficacy
5
priming self-efficacy
4
self-efficacy independent
4
independent contributions
4
contributions motor
4
performance
4
motor performance
4

Similar Publications

Background: The role of direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) in the treatment of left ventricular thrombus (LVT) after ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) remains uncertain.

Aims: We aimed to compare the effect of rivaroxaban versus warfarin in patients with STEMI complicated by LVT.

Methods: Adult patients with STEMI and two-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography showing LVT were assigned to rivaroxaban (15 mg once daily) or warfarin (international normalised ratio goal of 2.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Data generated using single-cell RNA-sequencing has the potential to transform understanding of the cerebral circulation and advance clinical care. However, the high volume of data, sometimes generated and presented without proper pathophysiological context, can be difficult to interpret and integrate into current understanding of the cerebral circulation and its disorders. Furthermore, heterogeneity in the representation of brain regions and vascular segments makes it difficult to compare results across studies.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Antioxidant Responses and Redox Regulation Within Plant-Beneficial Microbe Interaction.

Antioxidants (Basel)

December 2024

Copenhagen Plant Science Centre, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen, 1870 Frederiksberg, Denmark.

The increase in extreme climate events associated with global warming is a great menace to crop productivity nowadays. In addition to abiotic stresses, warmer conditions favor the spread of infectious diseases affecting plant performance. Within this context, beneficial microbes constitute a sustainable alternative for the mitigation of the effects of climate change on plant growth and productivity.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Operationalizing goal setting as an outcome measure in trials involving patients with frailty, multimorbidity or complexity.

Contemp Clin Trials Commun

February 2025

Ageing and Movement Research Group, Department of Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom.

Background/aims: In the absence of disease-modifying therapies for Parkinson's disease, much research focuses on improving quality of life, health and wellbeing. It is important to evaluate potential treatments and innovative care models in a robust and standardised way. Disease-specific outcomes have limitations in older people, those with cognitive impairment, multimorbidity, disability or short life expectancy.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Feeling good, approaching the positive.

Front Psychol

December 2024

Institute of Cognitive Science, University of Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Germany.

Introduction: Approach and avoidance behaviors have been extensively studied in cognitive science as a fundamental aspect of human motivation and decision-making. The Approach-Avoidance Bias (AAB) refers to the tendency to approach positive stimuli faster than negative stimuli and to avoid negative stimuli faster than positive ones. Affect and arousal in involved individuals are assumed to play a crucial role in the AAB but many questions in that regard remain open.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Want AI Summaries of new PubMed Abstracts delivered to your In-box?

Enter search terms and have AI summaries delivered each week - change queries or unsubscribe any time!