| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 889899 | Personality and Individual Differences | 2016 | 6 Pages |
•We study how perceived advantage affect changes in efficacy beliefs.•Perceived advantage decreased subsequent efficacy beliefs.•Perceived advantage reduced reliance on ego-protecting strategies.•This is explained by attribution and the evaluation of outcomes against expectations.
This experiment examined how perceptions of advantage and disadvantage, as well as their interaction with a performance outcome, affect change in efficacy beliefs in a competitive situation. Perceptions of advantageous or disadvantageous opening positions were experimentally manipulated (keeping the actual positions equal) while performance was observed. Perceiving an advantage decreased post-performance self-efficacy and reduced reliance on ego-protecting strategies. These effects are explained by attribution processes.
