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Peer Review Status: Refereed
Title: Durability and Generalization of Attribution-Based Feedback Following Failure: Effects on Expectations and Behavioral Persistence
Author(s): Rascle, Olivier
Le Foll, David
Charrier, Maxime
Higgins, Nancy
Rees, Tim
Coffee, Pete
Contact Email: peter.coffee@stir.ac.uk
Keywords: Sport psychology
Attributional feedback
Functional/dysfunctional attributions
Issue Date: May-2015
Date Deposited: 23-Jan-2015
Citation: Rascle O, Le Foll D, Charrier M, Higgins N, Rees T & Coffee P (2015) Durability and Generalization of Attribution-Based Feedback Following Failure: Effects on Expectations and Behavioral Persistence. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 18, pp. 68-74. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2015.01.003
Abstract: Objective: This experiment investigated, following perceived failure, the immediate, long-term (i.e., durability), and cross-situational (i.e., generalization) effects of attribution-based feedback on expectations and behavioral persistence. Design: We used a 3×2 (Group×Time) experimental design over seven weeks with attributions, expectations of success, and persistence as dependent measures. Method: 49 novice participants were randomly assigned to one of three treatment (attributional feedback) groups: (a) functional (i.e., controllable and unstable); (b) dysfunctional (i.e., uncontrollable and stable); or (c) no feedback. Testing involved three sessions, in which participants completed a total of five trials across two performance tasks (golf-putting and dart-throwing). In order to track whether the attributional manipulation conducted within the context of the golf-putting task in Session 2 would generalize to a new situation, participants performed a dart-throwing task in Session 3, and their scores were compared with those recorded at baseline (in Session 1). Results: Analysis of pre- and post-intervention measures of attributions, expectations, and persistence revealed that the functional attributional feedback led to more personally controllable attributions following failure in a golf-putting task, together with increases in success expectations and persistence. In contrast, dysfunctional attributional feedback led to more personally uncontrollable and stable attributions following failure, together with lower success expectations and reduced persistence. These effects extended beyond the intervention period, were present up to four weeks post intervention, and were maintained even when participants performed a different (i.e., dart-throwing) task. Conclusions: The findings demonstrate that attributional feedback effects are durable over time and generalize across situations.
DOI Link: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2015.01.003
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