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Article Dans Une Revue Psychology of Sport and Exercise Année : 2015

Durability and generalization of attribution-based feedback following failure: Effects on expectations and behavioral persistence

Nancy Higgins
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Tim Rees
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Objectives: 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 3x2 (Group x 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.

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hal-02363745 , version 1 (14-11-2019)

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Olivier Rascle, David Le Foll, Maxime Charrier, Nancy Higgins, Tim Rees, et al.. Durability and generalization of attribution-based feedback following failure: Effects on expectations and behavioral persistence. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 2015, 18, pp.68-74. ⟨10.1016/j.psychsport.2015.01.003⟩. ⟨hal-02363745⟩
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