scholarly journals Goals and Self-Efficacy Beliefs During the Initial COVID-19 Lockdown: A Mixed Methods Analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Ritchie ◽  
Daniel Cervone ◽  
Benjamin T. Sharpe
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Efficacy Beliefs ◽  
Goal Achievement ◽  
Personal Goal ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Significant Drop ◽  
Qualitative Survey ◽  
Goal Pursuits

This study aimed to capture how the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) crisis disrupted and affected individuals’ goal pursuits and self-efficacy beliefs early during the lockdown phase of COVID-19. Participants impacted by lockdown regulations accessed an online questionnaire during a 10-day window from the end of March to early April 2020 and reported a significant personal goal toward which they had been working, and then completed quantitative and qualitative survey items tapping self-efficacy beliefs for goal achievement, subjective caring about the goal during disrupted world events, and current pursuit or abandonment of the goal. The findings from both quantitative and qualitative measures demonstrated a significant drop in self-efficacy beliefs from before to during the pandemic with a large effect based on whether people thought they could still achieve their goal under current conditions. Over two-thirds of the sample was unsure or did not believe they could still carry out their goal, and over a quarter either abandoned or were uncertain they could pursue the goal. Despite this, people continued to care about their goals. Reasons for abandonment and strategies for coping with goals within the lockdown and beyond are discussed.

scholarly journals Hey, Nice Run!: Exploring Factors Related to Exercise, Self-Monitoring and Motives for Exercise App Use

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Fuller ◽  
David Atkin ◽  
Rory McGloin ◽  
Kimberly Embacher
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Uses And Gratifications ◽  
Goal Achievement ◽  
Path Model ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Personal Goal ◽  
Self Monitoring ◽  
Emotional Social Support

The present study tests a multifaceted model that explains exercise app use motives in relation to uses and gratifications as well as emotional and social support factors. A hybrid model based on Uses and Gratifications theory and self-efficacy perspectives was used to examine exercise app use. Gratifications for competition, self-monitoring, and informational and emotional social support were modeled. Structural equation modeling results provide qualified support for a comprehensive path model identifying the role of self-monitoring and personal goal achievement in smartphone exercise app use. The predicted roles for personal goal achievement and exercise app use received support, with personal goal achievement predicting exercise app use. These findings may contribute to the health communication literature through the creation and validation of self-monitoring and exercise app self-efficacy scales.

scholarly journals Self-efficacy of Saudi English Majors after the Emergent Transition to Online Learning and Online Assessment during the COVID-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 127
Author(s):  
Zeineb Amri ◽  
Nasser Alasmari
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Sense Of Self ◽  
Efficacy Beliefs ◽  
Performance Tests ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
English Majors ◽  
Face To Face Learning ◽  
The Relationship

This research explores the sense of self-efficacy among Saudi English majors at Jeddah University during the COVID-19 pandemic, which forced all schools in Saudi Arabia to suspend face-to-face learning and, instead, use the online Blackboard platform. The study’s objectives are to determine Blackboard’s effect on Saudi learners’ self-efficacy beliefs, identify factors influencing these beliefs in the online context, and determine the relationship between self-efficacy beliefs and academic performance. Phone interviews, an online questionnaire, and online performance tests served as data collection instruments. The results indicate that urgent Blackboard use negatively affected the subjects’ self-efficacy beliefs, and there is a positive, significant relationship between academic performance and perceived self-efficacy. Among other factors, familiarity with Blackboard, technical competence, and a readiness to embrace technology strongly influenced the students’ self-efficacy beliefs. This paper also presents implications and pedagogical recommendations drawn from the results.

Emotional self-efficacy and workplace psychological health in emergency dispatchers

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Charlotte Huard ◽  
Andrée-Ann Deschênes ◽  
Charles-Antoine Rioux
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Health ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Efficacy Beliefs ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Emotional Skills ◽  
Correlational Design ◽  
Workplace Mental Health ◽  
Emergency Dispatchers

PurposeThe main purpose of this research is to establish the relationships between emotional self-efficacy and workplace psychological health for emergency dispatchers.Design/methodology/approachA correlational design was used to validate results of the study. Between December 2018 and February 2019, a secure online questionnaire was sent to dispatchers through four emergency call centers. Participation was voluntary. A total of 257 emergency dispatchers participated in this study. Gilbert et al.’s (2011) scale of workplace psychological health and Deschênes et al.’s (2019) scale of emotional self-efficacy were used. Multiple linear regression and Pearson's correlation tests were run using the SPSS 25 program in order to establish relationships between the two variables.FindingsA total of three emotional competencies positively affect workplace psychological well-being (PWB), i.e. self-efficacy beliefs on managing one's own emotions, on managing other people' emotions and on using one's own emotions. As regards to psychological distress (PD), it is negatively correlated to self-efficacy beliefs on managing and using one's own emotions.Research limitations/implicationsOne of the study's theoretical contributions is to broaden the scientific knowledge of emergency service dispatching, in addition to opening up a new field of study in workplace people management.Practical implicationsThese scientific findings therefore show the importance of emotional self-efficacy in the workplace. The manager or the dispatch leader should focus on developing the following three emotional skills: self-efficacy in managing emotions, managing the emotions felt by others and using emotions. Training allowing the development of these emotional skills should be considered and would be beneficial for emergency dispatchers to maximize their well-being at work.Originality/valueTo the best of the authors’ knowledge, no other study has focused on emergency dispatchers and included the emotional self-efficacy and workplace mental health variables.

Personality's Correlates of Adult Development and Aging

2003 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 131-147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gian Vittorio Caprara ◽  
Mariagiovanna Caprara ◽  
Patrizia Steca
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Adult Development ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Efficacy Beliefs ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Education And Health ◽  
Development And Aging ◽  
And Gender

Three cross-sectional studies examined stability and change in personality over the course of life by measuring the relations linking age to personality traits, self-efficacy beliefs, values, and well-being in large samples of Italian male and female participants. In each study, relations between personality and age were examined across several age groups ranging from young adulthood to old age. In each study, personality constructs were first examined in terms of mean group differences accrued by age and gender and then in terms of their correlations with age across gender and age groups. Furthermore, personality-age correlations were also calculated, controlling for the demographic effects accrued by marital status, education, and health. Findings strongly indicated that personality functioning does not necessarily decline in the later years of life, and that decline is more pronounced in males than it is in females across several personality dimensions ranging from personality traits, such as emotional stability, to self-efficacy beliefs, such as efficacy in dealing with negative affect. Findings are discussed in terms of their implications for personality theory and social policy.

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