Relations between self-efficacy beliefs, self-presentation motives, personal task goals, and performance on endurance-based physical activity tasks. (January 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Howle, Timothy C.; Dimmock, James A.; Jackson, Ben
• Is Part Of: Psychology of sport and exercise. Volume 22(2016)
• Page Start: 149
• Page End: 159
• Publication Date: 2016-01
• Subjects: Impression motivation -- Effort -- Persistence; Sports -- Psychological aspects -- Periodicals; Exercise -- Psychological aspects -- Periodicals; Psychology -- Periodicals; Sports -- Periodicals; Exercise -- Periodicals; Societies, Medical -- Periodicals; Psychology; Sports; Exercise; Societies, Medical; Sports -- Aspect psychologique -- Périodiques; Exercice -- Aspect psychologique -- Périodiques; 613.71019
• DOI: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2015.06.010
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1469-0292

Abstract

Abstract: We conducted two studies with the aim of examining the relations between self-presentation motives and physical activity task performance. In study 1, prior to performing an endurance-based physical activity task, 133 undergraduate participants ( M age = 20.89, SD = 5.21) reported acquisitive-agentic and protective-agentic self-presentation motives alongside task self-efficacy, self-presentational efficacy, and their personal task goals. Using a different endurance-based physical activity task in study 2, we also assessed undergraduate participants' ( n = 150; M age = 20.23, SD = 3.34) dispositional exercise-related self-presentation motivation alongside the variables measured in study 1. Bayesian path analyses revealed indirect relations between agentic self-presentation motives and task performance via participants' personal task goals. Findings also indicated that agentic self-presentation motives may act as intermediaries in indirect pathways linking efficacy beliefs and dispositional exercise-related self-presentation motivation to goal processes and task performance. The results contribute to a more nuanced understanding of the relationship between self-presentation motivation and task performance. Highlights: Situational and dispositional self-presentation motives were considered. Bayesian analysis helped account for theory and previous research findings. There were indirect pathways from agentic self-presentation motives to task performance. Agentic motives also supported indirect effects from other constructs to performance.