The influence of success experience on self-efficacy when providing feedback through technology

Achterkamp, Reinoud; Hermens, Hermie; Vollenbroek-Hutten, Miriam Marie Rosé

doi:10.1016/j.chb.2015.06.029

Cited by 8 publications

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“…Bandura (1977) pointed out that there are different kinds of information that lead to expectations about personal efficacy: performance accomplishment, vicarious experience, verbal persuasion and psychological states. In line with that, external persuasion through positive feedback to induce an experience of success should be an effective strategy to manipulate self-efficacy (Achterkamp et al, 2015). In line with this, we expect to replicate positive effects of positive normative feedback on self-efficacy.…”

Section: Positive Feedback As An Intervention To Increase Self-efficacysupporting

confidence: 75%

Well Done! Effects of Positive Feedback on Perceived Self-Efficacy, Flow and Performance in a Mental Arithmetic Task

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Self-efficacy is a well-known psychological resource, being positively associated with increased performance. Furthermore, results from field studies suggest a positive impact of self-efficacy on flow experience, which has not yet been tested experimentally. In this study, we manipulated self-efficacy by means of positive feedback and investigated whether self-efficacy serves as a mediator in the relationship between positive feedback and flow and in the relationship between positive feedback and performance. Our sample consisted of 102 participants (63 female, 39 male). The experimental group received positive feedback after completing 5 min of mental arithmetic tasks on a computer, whereas the control group received no feedback. A second session of a mental arithmetic task was then completed for 5 min. Mediation analyses confirmed that specific self-efficacy mediated a positive effect of positive feedback on flow as well as on both performance measures (quality and quantity) in a subsequent task. However, direct effects of feedback on flow and on performance were not significant, which suggests the presence of other mechanisms that remain to be investigated.

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Section: Positive Feedback As An Intervention To Increase Self-efficacysupporting

confidence: 75%

Well Done! Effects of Positive Feedback on Perceived Self-Efficacy, Flow and Performance in a Mental Arithmetic Task

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“…When contemplating the results from the perspective of the self-efficacy theory [13], we speculate that from the four main sources of influence, performance accomplishments were the main source behind increased self-efficacy. The physical activity application enabled self-tracking of physical activity and exercise as well as graphical inspection of the related data, both of which have been found as distinct determinants to support the increase in self-efficacy [33,34]. The self-tracking and inspection of the data have enabled users to verify that they had been successful at mastering a task.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Moreover, [33] found that selftracking, an activity that such applications often support, could increase older adults' self-efficacy for exercise. [34] found that self-efficacy can be influenced by technology-supported feedback. More precisely, they found that the graphical inspection of data, which is another activity often supported by physical activity applications, had a positive effect on experiencing success in a task, and experiencing success increased self-efficacy regarding the task [34].…”

Section: Digital Wellness Technologiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…[34] found that self-efficacy can be influenced by technology-supported feedback. More precisely, they found that the graphical inspection of data, which is another activity often supported by physical activity applications, had a positive effect on experiencing success in a task, and experiencing success increased self-efficacy regarding the task [34]. On a similar note, [44] in their review on general intervention techniques to promote self-efficacy for physical activity, found that feedback on past or others' performance produced the highest levels of self-efficacy.…”

Section: Digital Wellness Technologiesmentioning

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Does Physical Activity Application Use Promote Self-Efficacy for Exercise? A Study Among Aged People

Kari¹,

Makkonen²,

Frank³

et al. 2022

Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

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The importance of sustained physical activity in healthy aging is well established. To achieve sustained physical activity and exercise, related self-efficacy is important. Hence, solutions to promote self-efficacy for exercise among aged people are urgently needed. Digital wellness technologies provide a potential solution, but research on their potential to promote selfefficacy for exercise is scarce and more research is needed. To address this need, this study investigates how effective is the use of a physical activity application in promoting self-efficacy for exercise among aged people. Self-efficacy levels were compared between three different time points: before taking the application into use and after 4 and 12 months of use. The results suggest that physical activity application use can be effective in promoting self-efficacy for exercise among aged people as there was an improvement in most of the self-efficacy items as well as in total self-efficacy already after 4 months of use and this improvement was sustained after 12 months of use.

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“…Based on these findings a number tailored coaching strategies were developed. These strategies were tested in a lab study to investigate how to increase self-efficacy in mobile technology-supported physical activity interventions (Achterkamp et al 2015). Subjects were asked to walk from A to B in exactly 14, 16 or 18 s, wearing scuba fins and a blindfold.…”

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Personalized support for well-being at work: an overview of the SWELL project

Kraaij

Verberne

Koldijk

et al. 2019

User Model User-Adap Inter

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Recent advances in wearable sensor technology and smartphones enable simple and affordable collection of personal analytics. This paper reflects on the lessons learned in the SWELL project that addressed the design of user-centered ICT applications for self-management of vitality in the domain of knowledge workers. These workers often have a sedentary lifestyle and are susceptible to mental health effects due to a high workload. We present the sense-reason-act framework that is the basis of the SWELL approach and we provide an overview of the individual studies carried out in SWELL. In this paper, we revisit our work on reasoning: interpreting raw heterogeneous sensor data, and acting: providing personalized feedback to support behavioural change. We conclude that simple affordable sensors can be used to classify user behaviour and heath status in a physically non-intrusive way. The interpreted data can be used to inform personalized feedback strategies. Further longitudinal studies can now be initiated to assess the effectiveness of m-Health interventions using the SWELL methods.

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The influence of success experience on self-efficacy when providing feedback through technology

Cited by 8 publications

References 22 publications

Well Done! Effects of Positive Feedback on Perceived Self-Efficacy, Flow and Performance in a Mental Arithmetic Task

Well Done! Effects of Positive Feedback on Perceived Self-Efficacy, Flow and Performance in a Mental Arithmetic Task

Does Physical Activity Application Use Promote Self-Efficacy for Exercise? A Study Among Aged People

Personalized support for well-being at work: an overview of the SWELL project

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