Psych: Self-Esteem, Self-Confidence, Self-Efficacy

The belief in own competence and expectation to succeed in a particular task

A feeling of trust within a persons own abilities, qualities and judgement

The belief in ones personal worth and likelihood of succeeding

• We take on numerous roles and identities (eg, parent, teacher, friend, partner) • Self esteem comes from our own ratings across a range of domains • Self-perceptions are organised and assessed at multiple levels and can be influenced by culture and value systems

The self-system splits self-esteem into 4 groups: • Academic self-worth • Physical self-worth • Emotional self-worth • Social self-worth

Increased life satisfaction, vitality, psychological adjustment and resilience

• Increased trait anxiety • Feelings of inadequacy • Depression

• Self-report questionaire - Rosenburg Self-esteem scale (10 items on a 4 point scale)

Sport and exercise is very public and can have strong positive or negative effects on self-perceptions and self-esteem Self esteem is a fairly stable construct but powerful and consistent experiences can change self-esteem over time

• Vealey’s model of sports confidence (2001) • Involves state confidence (how confident you are feeing right now) and trait confidence (how confident do you typically feel)

An athletes belief that they have the abilities to perform successfully in sport

• Organisational culture (coach behaviours and level of competition) • Demographic and personality characteristics (age, gender, optimism, perfectionism)

• Achievement (mastery, demonstration of ability) • Self-regulation (physical and mental preparation) • Social climate (social support, environmental comfort)

Cognition Affect Behaviour

• Performance accomplishments • Vicarious experiences • Verbal persuasion • Imaginal experiences • Emotional states • Physiological states