The effects of self-efficacy on physical and cognitive performance: An analysis of meta-certainty

In this chapter, the author argues that delusional beliefs that are elaborated—often emerging in people who attract a diagnosis of schizophrenia—have the potential for epistemic innocence. Delusional beliefs are strenuously resistant to counterevidence. However, when they are adopted to explain a puzzling experience that might compromise the agents’ capacity to interact with their environment, delusional beliefs contribute to restoring some aspects of cognitive performance by temporarily reducing anxiety. On the prediction-error theory of delusion formation, it is further believed that the adoption of a delusional explanation helps resume the processes of automated learning compromised by inaccurate prediction-error signalling. Depending on their content, some delusional beliefs may also support an attitude of curiosity and self-efficacy that is more conducive to the acquisition of new information than the previous state of uncertainty and self-doubt.

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General self-efficacy and control in relation to anxiety and cognitive performance

Current Psychology ◽

10.1007/s12144-001-1002-7 ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 20 (1) ◽

pp. 36-52 ◽

Cited By ~ 27

Author(s):

Norman S. Endler ◽

Rachel L. Speer ◽

Judith M. Johnson ◽

Gordon L. Flett

Keyword(s):

Cognitive Performance ◽

Self Efficacy ◽

And Control ◽

General Self Efficacy

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Does Self-Efficacy Affect Cognitive Performance in Persons with Clinically Isolated Syndrome and Early Relapsing Remitting Multiple Sclerosis?

Multiple Sclerosis International ◽

10.1155/2015/960282 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 2015 ◽

pp. 1-8 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Peter Joseph Jongen ◽

Keith Wesnes ◽

Björn van Geel ◽

Paul Pop ◽

Hans Schrijver ◽

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Keyword(s):

Multiple Sclerosis ◽

Reaction Time ◽

Cognitive Performance ◽

Self Efficacy ◽

Clinically Isolated Syndrome ◽

Time Variability ◽

Reaction Time Variability ◽

Relapsing Remitting ◽

Disease Impact ◽

Relapsing Remitting Multiple Sclerosis

In persons with multiple sclerosis (MS) a lowered self-efficacy negatively affects physical activities. Against this background we studied the relationship between self-efficacy and cognitive performance in the early stages of MS. Thirty-three patients with Clinically Isolated Syndrome (CIS) and early Relapsing Remitting MS (eRRMS) were assessed for self-efficacy (MSSES-18), cognition (CDR System), fatigue (MFIS-5), depressive symptoms (BDI), disease impact (MSIS-29), and disability (EDSS). Correlative analyses were performed between self-efficacy and cognitive scores, and stepwise regression analyses identified predictors of cognition and self-efficacy. Good correlations existed between total self-efficacy and Power of Attention (r= 0.65;P< 0.001), Reaction Time Variability (r= 0.57;P< 0.001), and Speed of Memory (r= 0.53;P< 0.01), and between control self-efficacy and Reaction Time Variability (r= 0.55;P< 0.01). Total self-efficacy predicted 40% of Power of Attention, 34% of Reaction Time Variability, and 40% of Speed of Memory variabilities. Disease impact predicted 65% of total self-efficacy and 58% of control self-efficacy variabilities. The findings may suggest that in persons with CIS and eRRMS self-efficacy may positively affect cognitive performance and that prevention of disease activity may preserve self-efficacy.

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Self-efficacy beliefs and change in cognitive performance: MacArthur studies on Successful Aging.

Psychology and Aging ◽

10.1037/0882-7974.11.3.538 ◽

1996 ◽

Vol 11 (3) ◽

pp. 538-551 ◽

Cited By ~ 69

Author(s):

Teresa Seeman ◽

Gail McAvay ◽

Susan Merrill ◽

Marilyn Albert ◽

Judith Rodin

Keyword(s):

Cognitive Performance ◽

Self Efficacy ◽

Successful Aging ◽

Efficacy Beliefs

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The impact of age stereotypes on elderly consumers’ self-efficacy and cognitive performance

Journal of Strategic Marketing ◽

10.1080/0965254x.2017.1299787 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 25 (3) ◽

pp. 211-225 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Andrea Groeppel-Klein ◽

Jennifer Helfgen ◽

Anja Spilski ◽

Laura Schreiber

Keyword(s):

Cognitive Performance ◽

Self Efficacy ◽

Age Stereotypes ◽

Elderly Consumers ◽

The Impact

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Fatigue and cognitive performance change in MS: multifactorial with disparate influences Short title: Predictors of fatigue and performance change in MS

10.1101/414011 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

M Hu ◽

N Muhlert ◽

N Robertson ◽

M Winter

Keyword(s):

Cognitive Performance ◽

Self Efficacy ◽

Assessment Tools ◽

Assessment Instrument ◽

Self Report ◽

Cognitive Factors ◽

Fatigue Assessment ◽

Performance Change ◽

Subjective Fatigue ◽

And Performance

AbstractBackgroundFatigue is a common and disabling symptom in Multiple Sclerosis (MS) with a variety of direct and indirect influences, but remains poorly understood. Performance-based and self-report measures of fatigue are only weakly correlated and may have independent predictors. We adopted a multifactorial approach, utilising a measure of concurrent cognitive performance change in order to examine the clinical, psychological, and cognitive factors influencing subjective and objective fatigue in MS.MethodsSixty-one people with MS were assessed. Subjective fatigue was measured using the Modified Fatigue Impact Scale, Fatigue Assessment Instrument, and a Visual Analogue Scale (VAS). The Conners Continuous Performance Test 3 (CCPT3) and VAS were administered before and after two hours of cognitive testing, representing a period of cognitive effort. The differences in scores formed measures of objective performance fatigue and subjective fatigue change, respectively. We examined differences across baseline fatigue, fatigue change and performance change classifications, using regression analysis to uncover predictors of subjective fatigue and performance change.Table 1.Demographic and clinical features of the sampleResultsDepression, sleep, and emotion-focused coping each predicted baseline fatigue and together explained 53.5% of variance. Increased subjective fatigue was linked with anxiety, lower self-efficacy and gender. Cognitive performance change on the CCPT3 was however predicted by estimated general cognitive ability, self-efficacy and post-intervention fatigue.ConclusionSubjective fatigue in MS is a multifactorial construct, with subjective and objective cognitive performance fatigue largely influenced by indirect psychological and cognitive factors. The varying factors driving subjective and objective fatigue suggest that future studies need to take into account these disparate aspects when developing fatigue assessment tools. Targeting influential fatigue drivers such as psychological variables, and even using gender specific interventions may have the potential to improve the burden of fatigue and quality of life of people with MS.

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A study of the influence of cognitive complaints, cognitive performance and symptoms of anxiety and depression on self-efficacy in patients with acquired brain injury

Clinical Rehabilitation ◽

10.1177/0269215518795249 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 33 (2) ◽

pp. 327-334 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Ingrid MH Brands ◽

Inge Verlinden ◽

Gerard M Ribbers

Keyword(s):

Brain Injury ◽

Cognitive Performance ◽

Self Efficacy ◽

Acquired Brain Injury ◽

Anxiety And Depression ◽

Depression Symptoms ◽

Cognitive Complaints ◽

Discharge Home ◽

Specific Symptoms ◽

Subjective Cognitive Complaints

Objective: To examine the relationship between self-efficacy for managing brain injury–specific symptoms and cognitive performance, subjective cognitive complaints and anxiety and depression symptoms in patients with acquired brain injury (ABI). Design: Clinical cohort study. Setting: General hospitals, rehabilitation centres. Subjects: A total of 122 patients with newly ABI (mean age = 54.4 years (SD, 12.2)) were assessed at discharge home from inpatient neurorehabilitation or at start of outpatient neurorehabilitation after discharge home from acute hospital. Mean time since injury was 14.1 weeks (SD, 8.6). Main measures: Self-efficacy was measured using the Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Self-Efficacy Questionnaire (SEsx), mean score = 82.9 (SD, 21.8). Objective cognitive performance was measured with the Symbol Digit Modalities Test (SDMT), mean z-score = −1.36 (SD, 1.31). Anxiety and depression symptoms were measured with the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), cognitive complaints with the self-rating form of the Dysexecutive Questionnaire (DEX-P). Results: Higher levels of subjective cognitive complaints and higher levels of anxiety and depression symptoms were significantly associated with lower self-efficacy (β = −0.35; P = .001 and β =−0.43; P < .001, respectively). Objective cognitive performance was not significantly associated with self-efficacy (β = 0.04, P = .53). DEX-P scores accounted for 42% and HADS scores for 7% of the total 57% variance explained. Objective cognitive performance did not correlate significantly with subjective cognitive complaints (r = −.13, P = .16). Conclusion: Control over interfering emotions and mastery over brain injury–associated symptoms seems important in the development of self-efficacy for managing brain injury–specific symptoms.

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