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- Title
Trash talk in a competitive setting: Impact on self-efficacy and affect.
- Authors
Conmy, Ben; Tenenbaum, Gershon; Eklund, Robert; Roehrig, Alysia; Filho, Edson
- Abstract
The effects of trash talk and competition outcome on self-efficacy and affect were examined in 40 Madden ™ NFL 08 football video game players randomly assigned to two conditions: silence talk, where they played the first game in complete silence; and the second trash talking. Measures of self-efficacy, positive affect ( PA), and negative affect ( NA) were administered. Results revealed that players enforced to be silent in the first game instantaneously exhibited lower self-efficacy, lower PA, and higher NA than players permitted to talk in Game 1. However, players subsequently instructed to remain silent in the second game showed markedly decreased self-efficacy compared to players permitted to talk in Game 2. Results are interpreted in light of the social-cognitive-motivational theory.
- Subjects
INVECTIVE; COMPETITION (Psychology); SELF-efficacy; AFFECT (Psychology); VIDEO gamers; MADDEN NFL (Game); MOTIVATION (Psychology); FIGHTING words; PSYCHOLOGY
- Publication
Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 2013, Vol 43, Issue 5, p1002
- ISSN
0021-9029
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/jasp.12064