Measure Of Collective Efficacy Research Articles

Evaluating the usefulness of Protection Motivation Theory for predicting climate change mitigation behavioral intentions among a US sample of climate change deniers and acknowledgers

BackgroundThis paper summarizes data from 7 studies that used Protection Motivation Theory (PMT) to guide climate messaging with the goal of increasing climate-mitigating behavioral intentions. Together, the studies address 5 research questions. 1) Does PMT predict behavioral intentions in the context of climate change mitigation? 2) Does PMT work similarly for climate change deniers vs acknowledgers? 3) Are the effects of threat and efficacy additive or multiplicative? 4) Does adding measures of collective threat and efficacy improve the model accuracy for a collective problem like climate change? 5) Can threat and efficacy appraisals – and ultimately behavioral intentions – be shifted through climate messaging?MethodsSeven online experiments were conducted on US adults (N = 3,761) between 2020 and 2022. Participants were randomly assigned to a control condition or to one of several experimental conditions designed to influence threat, efficacy, or both. Participants indicated their belief in climate change, ethnicity, gender, and political orientation. They completed measures of personal threat and efficacy, collective threat and efficacy, and behavioral intentions.ResultsMultiple regressions, ANCOVAs, and effect sizes were used to evaluate our research questions. Consistent with PMT, threat and efficacy appraisals predicted climate mitigation behavioral intentions, even among those who denied climate change. Different interactions emerged for climate deniers and acknowledgers, suggesting that in this context threat and efficacy are not just additive in their effects (but these effects were small). Including measures of collective threat and efficacy only modestly improved the model. Finally, evidence that threat and efficacy appraisals can be shifted was weak and inconsistent; mitigation behavioral intentions were not reliably influenced by the messages tested.ConclusionsPMT effectively predicts climate change mitigation behavioral intentions among US adults, whether they deny climate change or acknowledge it. Threat appraisals may be more impactful for deniers, while efficacy appraisals may be more impactful for acknowledgers. Including collective-level measures of threat and efficacy modestly improves model fit. Contrary to PMT research in other domains, threat and efficacy appraisals were not easily shifted under the conditions tested here, and increases did not reliably lead to increases in behavioral intentions.

Collective Efficacy and Mixed-Tenure Redevelopment: Insights from Toronto’s Regent Park Neighborhood

It is asserted that mixed-tenure public housing redevelopments can improve informal social control in targeted neighborhoods. We investigate this question using a validated measure of collective efficacy from a survey of residents in Toronto’s Regent Park neighborhood. We find that social housing residents report higher perceived levels of collective efficacy than do residents of the market buildings and that households with children report higher perceptions of collective efficacy than do households without children. Our findings provide some support for existing best practices, particularly the provision of amenities for families and the preservation of social ties among social tenants.

"Fuck tha Police": "Conscious" hip-hop increases Black people's group-based anger and collective action intentions.

Historically, hip-hop has highlighted racial injustices experienced by Black people in a White supremacist power structure, as well as promote Black empowerment and activism. Across two experiments, we examined the influence of listening to hip-hop on Black Americans' collective action intentions. We also explored whether the effect of listening to conscious hip-hop on collective action intentions was mediated by group-based anger and/or collective efficacy using the dual-pathway model of collection action (Experiment 2). In Experiment 1, Black Americans (n = 122) between the ages of 18- and 34 (Mage = 27.71) were randomly assigned to listen to conscious rap, nonconscious rap, or no music, and afterward they completed a collective action intention measure. In Experiment 2, Black Americans (n = 150; Mage = 26.52) were randomly assigned to listen to conscious rap or nonconscious rap and afterward completed group-based anger, collective efficacy, and collective action intention measures. We found that listening to conscious hip-hop (but not nonconscious hip-hop) increased Black people's intentions to engage in collective action (Experiment 1). In Experiment 2, we found that group-based anger, but not collective efficacy, fully mediated the relationship between listening to conscious hip-hop music and collective action. Exposure to some forms of artistic expression may influence emotion focused pathways of dealing with collective disadvantage among groups who are historically disadvantaged. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).

EFL teacher self and collective efficacy scale (ETSCE): Developing efficacy measures in teaching EFL

This study aimed to develop a self- and collective efficacy measure for Indonesian EFL teachers focusing on teaching responsibilities, undertaken student advisory, coping English as classroom communication, English milieu, and institutional tasks. This study focused on demonstrating the development and validity of EFL Teacher Self- and Collective Efficacy Scale (ETSCE). The study used a quantitative research approach with cross-sectional survey research design. There were sixty-two EFL teachers involved in the study chosen using a voluntary sampling technique. Results showed that Content Validity Ratio (CVR) index was .5 with four panelists arguing valid with no revision. The internal consistency test showed a very highly reliable (α = .977) with no negative value in Inter-Item Correlation, which indicated all items measured the same underlying characteristics. Another result showed that all sub-scales in both self- and collective efficacy were categorized in a very highly reliable (α > .7) Therefore, the final ETSCE produced by this study is valid and reliable and can be a reference for those who have sought to study self- and collective efficacy in teaching EFL in Indonesia.

Psychometric Support for a Brazilian Version of the Multidimensional Assessment of Teamwork in Sport (MATS-B).

In this study, we investigated psychometric support for a version of the Multidimensional Assessment of Teamwork in Sport (MATS) that would be suitable for Brazilian athletes. Four translators participated in the back-translation of this instrument from English to Portuguese, two specialists synthesized the Portuguese and English back-translation versions, and 10 experts assessed the questionnaire items and judged their content validity. To evaluate structural validity, we performed confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). We evaluated internal item reliability with a sample of 447 athletes who completed the adapted measure (the MATS-B). Finally, 202 other athletes completed both the MATS-B and a second measure of collective efficacy (CEQS-B) to provide external validity correlates. With these data, the MATS-B now provides valid and reliable data supporting its use with Brazilian athletes in an adapted assessment tool that aligns with the conceptual framework of teamwork in sports.

Long-term socio-psychological disaster impact after 8 years: Relationships between the persistent impact of the Fukushima disaster and individuals’ media and community connectedness

Residents of Fukushima Prefecture continue to face trauma after Japan's 2011 nuclear disaster. While there remains a substantial presence of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in the prefecture, and the majority of literature tends to view PTSD as an individual psychological disease that can be ameliorated; there is little understanding about how individuals experiencing PTSD influence their communities over time. The present research employs Barton's collective stress theory and Ball-Rokeach et al.'s communication infrastructure theory to examine multilevel effects of individual-level trauma and offers a new term, long-term socio-psychological disaster impact (LTSDI). LTSDI modifies pre-existing notions of persistent PTSD to a neutral understanding of experiences of symptomology and various levels of individuals’ impacts on their communities. Survey research conducted in Fukushima eight years after the disaster and analyses employing structural equation modeling found individuals experiencing LTSDI can positively contribute to their communities through community connectedness, a measure of interpersonal storytelling, collective efficacy, and civic participation. Implications of the study are discussed.

Effect of daily stressors and collective efficacy on post-traumatic stress symptoms among internally displaced persons in post-war northern Sri Lanka.

Daily stressors have been shown to mediate the relationship of war trauma and trauma-related distress among refugees and internally displaced persons exposed to war and conflict. To examine the extent to which the relationship between war-related trauma and mental distress was mediated by daily stressors and collective efficacy among internally displaced communities a decade after exposure to war. In a cross-sectional study, we recruited a random sample of residents in villages severely affected by conflict in five districts in the Northern Province of Sri Lanka. Measures of war trauma, daily stressors, collective efficacy and post-traumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) were examined. Statistical analyses of the mediating and moderating effects of daily stressors were conducted using regression based methods. Daily stressors mediated the association of war trauma and PTSS, as both paths of the indirect effect, war trauma to daily stressors and daily stressors to PTSS, were significant. The predictive effect of war trauma on PTSS was positive and significant at moderate and high levels of daily stressors but not at low levels. Higher levels of neighbourhood informal social control, a component of collective efficacy, function as a protective factor to reduce effects of war trauma and daily stressors on mental distress in this population. Daily stressors are an important mediator in the well-established relationship between war exposure and traumatic stress among internally displaced persons, even a decade after the conflict. Mental health and psychosocial support programmes that aim to address mental distress among war-affected communities could reduce daily stressors and enhance collective efficacy in this context.

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Collective Teacher Efficacy and Its Enabling Conditions: A Proposed Framework for Influencing Collective Efficacy in Schools

This quantitative study aims to explore the validity of Donohoo et al.’s (2020) Enabling Conditions for Collective Teacher Efficacy Scale (EC-CTES) for fostering collective efficacy in schools and evaluate its relationship to measures of collective teacher efficacy. The instruments used for this study include the EC-CTES, the Collective Efficacy Scale (CES-SF), and the Collective Teacher Beliefs Scale (CTBS). The data were evaluated through confirmatory factor analysis, correlation matrices, and multiple regression models. The findings from this study demonstrate that the EC-CTES is a valid tool. The EC-CTES subscales are positively associated with measures of collective teacher efficacy. We recommend adjustments for the EC-CTES subscales for greater congruence with collective efficacy theory and practical application. Due to the theoretical density of collective teacher efficacy, a modified conceptual framework is proposed to make the enabling conditions theory more accessible to practitioners.

Structural neighbourhood characteristics, perceived collective efficacy and perceived disorder: a multilevel study on fear of crime

Abstract This study examines whether residential stability and neighbourhood SES, two key neighbourhood structural characteristics from Social Disorganisation Theory (SDT), have a contextual effect on perceived social trust, perceived informal social control, and perceived social disorder and whether these contextual structural and perceptual measures are related to three measures of fear of crime, independent of population composition. Attention is paid to three well-known dimensions of fear of crime: risk perception (cognitive), fear (emotional) and avoidance behaviour (behavioural). The results demonstrate that neighbourhood residential stability is strongly related to perceptual measures of collective efficacy (perceived social trust and perceived informal social control) and perceived social disorder, controlling for demographic background characteristics and individual level social capital. The implications of these findings and avenues for future studies are discussed.

Collective efficacy measures for women and girls in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review

BackgroundPrior research has shown collective efficacy to be a key determinant of women’s well-being. However, much of the work around measuring this construct has been done in high-income geographies, with very little representation from low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). To fill this gap, and guide future research in low resource settings, we aim to summarize best evidence measures of collective efficacy for women and girls from LMICs.MethodsFollowing PRISMA guidelines, we systematically searched five databases for English language peer-reviewed literature on measures of collective efficacy, published between 1 January 2009 and 25 August 2020. In addition, we sought expert input for relevant papers in this area. Research staff screened titles, abstracts, and full-text articles in a double-blind review. Inclusion criteria were: (i) original quantitative analysis, and (ii) sample limited to women/girls only (≥ 100), residing in LMICs.ResultsWe identified 786 unique articles, 14 of which met inclusion criteria. Eligible studies captured a diversity of population groups, including pregnant women, recent mothers, adolescent girls, and female sex workers, from across national settings. Two broad constructs of collective efficacy were captured by the measures: (i) group dynamics, and (ii) collective action. All 14 studies included items on group dynamics in their measures, whereas seven studies included items on collective action. Four studies validated new measures of collective efficacy, and seven provided evidence supporting the relationship between collective efficacy and outcomes related to women’s well-being. Overall, measures demonstrated good reliability and validity when tested, and those testing for associations or effects found a positive relationship of collective efficacy with women’s health behaviors.ConclusionThe past decade has resulted in a number of new collective efficacy measures demonstrating good validity in terms of their associations with key health outcomes among women and girls from across LMIC settings, but there remains no standard measure in the field. Those that exist focus on group dynamics, but less often on collective action. A standard measure of collective efficacy inclusive of group dynamics and collective action can support better understanding of the value of women’s collectives across national settings and populations.

“A rising tide floats all boats”: The role of neighborhood collective efficacy in responding to child maltreatment

BackgroundNearly one-quarter of the approximately 400,000 reports to child protective services originating from non-mandated reporters come from neighbors. Understanding factors leading non-mandated reporters to contact authorities is important because if modifiable, they might serve as intervention targets to promote reporting of suspected maltreatment. ObjectiveInvestigate associations between neighbors' reported responses to scenarios involving children in need, child/teen misbehavior, and suspected maltreatment with individual and neighborhood characteristics, including neighborhood collective efficacy, fear of victimization, and fear of retaliation. HypothesisIncreased collective efficacy would be associated with increased likelihood of neighbors taking action in response to the situation. Participants & setting400 caregivers of minors in Cleveland, OH, USA living in 20 census tracts. MethodsGeneralized linear mixed-effects modeling. ResultsAnalyses adjusted for covariates confirmed our primary hypothesis: a 1-unit increase in the collective efficacy measure was associated with a 64% increase in the odds of neighbors taking action compared to doing nothing (odds ratio = 1.64, 95th percentile confidence interval 1.41–1.92). Also, participants with less than a high-school education had 36% greater odds of reporting their neighbors taking action compared to more educated participants. An interaction effect between participants' fear of victimization in their neighborhood, but not fear of retaliation, was also observed: the effect of collective efficacy on the odds of neighbors taking action was substantially greater among residents expressing moderate and high fear of victimization. ConclusionEnhancing collective efficacy may be an effective strategy for fostering community response to suspected child maltreatment and other situations of a child in need because it may catalyze a variety of positive responses to these situations.

Inequality in Exposure to Crime, Social Disorganization and Collective Efficacy: Evidence from Greater Manchester, United Kingdom

Abstract This paper assesses the relevance of social disorganization and collective efficacy in accounting for neighbourhood inequalities in the exposure to crime. Specifically, it questions the potential of community and voluntary organizations to enhance informal social control and reduce exposure to crime. It utilizes calls-for-service (incident) data for Greater Manchester (UK) and a Bayesian spatio-temporal modelling approach. Contrary to expectations, the research finds that measures of social disorganization (concentrated disadvantage aside) and collective efficacy hold a limited effect on neighbourhood exposure to crime. We discuss the implications of these findings for criminological inquiry and theoretical development, highlighting the necessity of such endeavour to account for the national political-economy and welfare regime of research settings

Cohesion, collaboration and the struggle of creating online learning communities: Development and validation of an online collective efficacy scale

A number of strategies have emerged over the last decades to guide the development of online learning communities where members share, augment and co-create information but few tools to measure their success. This paper suggests that some online communities’ success can be understood through the lens of online collective efficacy. Albert Bandura introduced the idea of collective efficacy as an emergent variable where members have agency in community success. Collective efficacy sees group success as dependent on relationships between members of the group on two levels: the degree to which individuals feel that they able to contribute to the existing group, and the degree to which individuals perceive a fit between their own abilities, desires and goals and those of the other members of the group. The present paper describes the development and validation of a 35-item Likert-scale measure of online collective efficacy to capture this phenomenon. The Confirmatory Factor Analysis corroborated the fit of the data (n = 634) to the proposed theoretical structure of the scale (comprising 6 factors), and the convergence validity analysis yielded significant moderate correlations between the proposed scale and other instruments measuring related constructs. The developed measure has both descriptive value helping researchers/instructors understand the effectiveness of their strategies in managing online learning communities; and prescriptive value, helping offer guidance in how to move towards a more successful online community.

An empirical application of \u201cbroken windows\u201d and related theories in healthcare: examining disorder, patient safety, staff outcomes, and collective efficacy in hospitals

BackgroundBroken windows theory (BWT) proposes that visible signs of crime, disorder and anti-social behaviour – however minor – lead to further levels of crime, disorder and anti-social behaviour. While we acknowledge divisive and controversial policy developments that were based on BWT, theories of neighbourhood disorder have recently been proposed to have utility in healthcare, emphasising the potential negative effects of disorder on staff and patients, as well as the potential role of collective efficacy in mediating its effects. The aim of this study was to empirically examine the relationship between disorder, collective efficacy and outcome measures in hospital settings. We additionally sought to develop and validate a survey instrument for assessing BWT in hospital settings.MethodsCross-sectional survey of clinical and non-clinical staff from four major hospitals in Australia. The survey included the Disorder and Collective Efficacy Survey (DaCEs) (developed for the present study) and outcome measures: job satisfaction, burnout, and patient safety. Construct validity was evaluated by confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and reliability was assessed by internal consistency. Structural equation modelling (SEM) was used to test a hypothesised model between disorder and patient safety and staff outcomes.ResultsThe present study found that both social and physical disorder were positively related to burnout, and negatively related to job satisfaction and patient safety. Further, we found support for the hypothesis that the relationship from social disorder to outcomes (burnout, job satisfaction, patient safety) was mediated by collective efficacy (social cohesion, willingness to intervene).ConclusionsAs one of the first studies to empirically test theories of neighbourhood disorder in healthcare, we found that a positive, orderly, productive culture is likely to lead to wellbeing for staff and the delivery of safer care for patients.

Psychometric properties of the Turkish Form of the Observational Collective Efficacy Scale for Sports

Background: Recent findings suggest that collective efficacy is a dynamic construct that is encompassed with process and outcome-oriented behaviors. Observational Collective Efficacy Scale for Sports (OCESS) is a tool that encapsulates process-oriented behaviors in the measurement of collective efficacy. Objective: The present study aims to carry out a cultural adaptation and assess the validity and reliability of the Turkish form of the OCESS in a variety of team sports. Methods: A convenience sample of 219 athletes (age M = 21.29, SD = 3.80 years) from team sports aged 18 years or older (78 female, age M = 21.17, SD = 2.74 years; 141 male, age M = 21.36, SD = 4.29 years) participated in the study. OCESS is a unidimensional measure of collective efficacy consists of 5 items in a 7-point Likert format. Confirmatory factor analysis was used to test the factor structure of the OCESS, convergent and discriminant validities were evaluated by using composite reliability (CR), average variance extracted (AVE), maximum shared variance (MSV) and average shared variance (ASV) values. Internal consistency of the OCESS was assessed by Cronbach's alpha coefficient and composite reliability, together with item-total correlations. Test-retest reliability was examined by calculating intra-class correlation coefficient. Results: The goodness-of-fit indices from the confirmatory factor analysis revealed that one-factor measurement model fit the data satisfactorily. Evidence for convergent and discriminant validity was provided by CR, AVE, MSV, and ASV. Coefficient alpha and composite reliability for the measure were calculated as .80 and .82, respectively. Corrected item-total correlations ranged from .36 to .71 and a t-test was carried out with each item's means of upper 27% and lower 27% showed significant differences. The Turkish version of the OCESS showed excellent test-retest reliability over a 1-week time interval. Conclusions: This study demonstrates that the Turkish version of the OCESS is a valid and reliable measure of collective efficacy for sports.

A Study on the Alternative Measurement of Collective Efficacy: In the case of Sejong-si Apartment House Security Guards

도시개발 사업의 성과 측정을 위해서 물리적인 지표와 더불어 사회적인 지표의 개발 및 측정이 요구되고 있다. 이 연구는 기존의 지역 자생력 및 삶의 질에 대한 평가 도구를 검토하고 국내 거주 특성을 반영하여, 지역 자생력 및 삶의 질 평가를 위한 새로운 조사 방법을 개발하였다. 지역사회의 통합 및 자생력을 평가하는 대표적 척도인 집합적 효능(collective efficacy)을 효율적으로 측정하기 위해 도시의 종합적 기능회복을 위한 도시재생과 복합용도개발을 도시개발의 기조로 삼고 있는 세종특별자치시(행복도시)를 연구 지역으로 선정하였다. 조사의 효율성을 높이기 위해 해당 공동주택 주민과 상시로 접촉하는 경비원을 대상으로 설문을 하였다. 주요 조사 대상으로 행복도시에 최초로 입주한 A생활권 7개 아파트 단지에 근무하는 경비원 36명을 실험집단으로, 조사 시점 기준 가장 최근에 입주한 B생활권 6개 아파트 단지에 근무하는 경비원 25명을 비교집단으로 선정하였다. 조사는 2018년 2월 27일부터 3월 1일까지 3일간 자기기입식 설문조사를 진행하여 집합적 효능의 하위변인인 해당 아파트 단지의 비공식적 사회통제, 지역사회 응집력, 지역사회 안전, 지역사회 자원 등 주민들의 생활에 대한 전반적인 실태에 대해 파악하였다. 조사 결과 연구지역 및 비교지역 간 안전 인프라 및 인식에는 큰 차이가 없지만, 지역 자생력 및 삶의 질에는 다소 간의 차이가 있으며, 입주기간이 길었던 연구지역에서 비교적 높은 지역 자생력과 삶의 질을 나타냈다. 이 연구는 국내 실정에 맞는 도시 자생력 및 삶의 질을 측정하는 효율적인 방식을 모색했다는 점에서 가치가 있지만, 조사 결과를 일반화함에 있어 한계를 지닌다.Recently, in urban development projects, we want to improve the lives of residents in the community through physical development such as Mixed-use Development, but it has not actually led to an improvement in the quality of life. In this regard, as the development and measurement of social indicators as well as physical indicators are required to measure the performance of urban development projects, this study examines existing regional self-sufficiency and quality of life assessment tools and reflects domestic residential characteristics. In addition, a new research method was developed to assess regional self-sufficiency and quality of life. Sejong-si, which uses urban regeneration and Mixed-use Development as the basis for urban development to comprehensively restore the city s function to effectively measure collective efficacy, a representative measure of community integration and self-sufficiency. Sejong-si was selected as the study area. To increase the efficiency of the survey, a questionnaire was surveyed for security guards who are in constant contact with residents of the apartment complex. As a main survey, 36 guards working in seven apartment complexes in A living zone, the first to move into Sejong-si, were selected as experimental groups, and 25 guards working in six apartment complexes in B living area were selected as comparative groups based on the basis of the survey. The survey was conducted for three days from February 27 to March 1, 2018 to conduct a self-written questionnaire survey of security guards working at the complex to understand the overall status of residents lives, including informal social control, community cohesion, community safety, and community resources of the apartment complex, which is a sub-variable of collective efficacy. As a result of the survey, there was no significant difference in safety infrastructure and perception between the experimental groups and the comparative groups, but there were some differences in the local self-sufficiency and quality of life, and the relatively high local self-sufficiency and quality of life in the research area where the tenancy was long. The study is valuable in that it sought an efficient way of measuring urban self-sufficiency and quality of life suitable for domestic circumstances, but has limitations in generalizing the survey results.

Community-Level Social Processes and Firearm Shooting Events: A Multilevel Analysis.

Firearm violence is a leading public health issue that contributes to significant health inequalities within communities. Relatively little is known about the community-level social processes that occur at the street segment level and contributed to the community variation of firearm violence. This study examines the spatial patterns of firearm shooting events on street segments and the associated community-level social processes at both the street segment and neighborhood level. Multilevel mixed-effects Poisson regression was used to assess the relationship between measures of social disorder, physical disorder, and collective efficacy at the street segment-level and neighborhood-level measures of social disorganization theory. The results demonstrate that firearm shooting events occur on a small number of street segments across the city. Street segments with higher levels of social and physical disorder, along with lower levels of collective efficacy, are expected to have higher rates of firearm shooting events when accounting for neighborhood-level measures. Overall, the findings indicate specific street segments are experiencing higher rates of firearm shooting events and that these events are influenced by social processes. Prevention efforts should be focused on street segments experiencing higher rates of shootings.

Building collective action at crime hot spots: Findings from a randomized field experiment

The study examined whether Assets Coming Together (ACT), a policing intervention directed at increasing collective action and collective efficacy at crime hot spots in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, would have impacts on these outcomes, as well as police legitimacy, crime and fear of crime. We used a block-randomized experimental design in which hot spots of crime were randomly allocated to treatment and control conditions. The treatment condition received the ACT program, and the control condition received normal police response. We analyzed crime data using an ANOVA approach, taking into account treatment and block. We analyzed survey data collected at each hot spot using mixed-effects linear regression models with robust standard errors to account for the nesting of responses within hot spots. We find that the intervention increased citizen reporting of collective actions (including collaboration in problem solving and contacts with the police) at hot spots, but it had little impact on general measures of collective efficacy or police legitimacy. Fear of crime increased at the treatment sites. We found that crime reporting was significantly inflated in the treatment sites. Crime outcomes were non-significant without accounting for this reporting inflation, but the treatment areas had a significant crime decrease when adjusting estimates based on reporting inflation. Our experimental findings show that collective actions at hot spots can be encouraged through programs like ACT and that ordinary policing resources—patrol officers in this case—can be successfully used to carry out such programs. We find preliminary evidence that the program also impacted crime. At the same time, our study points to a bias in using official crime data to assess outcomes in programs that encourage community collaboration.

Adaptive thinking: Can adaptive dispositional attributions protect against the harmful effects of maladaptive situational attributions?

ObjectivesThe study was designed to examine if dispositional team-referent attributions moderate relationships between situational team-referent attributions and collective efficacy. DesignIn this cross-sectional design investigation, team athletes completed measures of dispositional team-referent attributions, situational team-referent attributions, and collective efficacy. Team outcome (i.e., win-loss status) was recorded. MethodAthletes (N = 163) on sport teams (K = 17) completed a measure of dispositional team-referent attributions (i.e., attributional style). They also completed a measure of situational team-referent attributions in reference to their most recent team competition and a measure of collective efficacy in reference to their next upcoming team competition. ResultsFollowing team victory, simple slopes analysis revealed a moderating effect such that adaptive dispositional team-referent attributions appeared to protect against the effects of maladaptive situational team-referent attributions on collective efficacy. This trend was demonstrated across stability and globality attribution dimensions. Following team defeat, no significant interaction effects were observed. ConclusionsThe results suggest that developing adaptive dispositional attributions after success may protect athletes from experiencing deleterious effects of maladaptive situational attributions. Future research is needed to confirm these results and understand how these results can be applied to attributional retraining interventions in sport.