Dynamic calibration of self-efficacy to cognitive load: the longitudinal mediation effect of state anxiety
Xiaolong Li, Mu Xia · 2024
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Description
Believing you can do a task seems to lighten the mental load of doing it, but the belief rises and falls while a task runs. Xiaolong Li and Mu Xia studied that moving relationship in two steps. First they interviewed 22 university students about how their confidence fluctuated during work. Then they ran an experiment with 86 participants whose confidence was manipulated by false feedback on an emotion recognition task, measured three times.
The false feedback worked: confidence shifted as intended. In the feedback group, higher self-efficacy lowered state anxiety, and lower anxiety in turn reduced cognitive load, a chain the authors confirm with longitudinal mediation analysis. They conclude that supporting students' confidence mid-task can ease anxiety and free up mental resources.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Xiaolong Li, Mu Xia |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 58 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |