IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/igg/jcbpl0/v6y2016i2p39-55.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

The Effects of Self-Awareness and Self-Reflective Writing on Online Task Performance

Author

Listed:
  • Gamze Yilmaz

    (Communication Department, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, MA, USA)

  • Leah LeFebvre

    (Department of Communication and Journalism, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, USA)

Abstract

This study examined self-awareness and self-reflective writing effects on performance in an online task environment. Participants (N = 98) were randomly assigned to one of four conditions: self-awareness (private vs. public) and self-reflection (reflection vs. no-reflection). They were instructed to complete two successive online survival tasks that required analytical thinking and problem-solving skills. Findings demonstrated that participants in the private self-awareness condition performed better after writing a self-reflection than the no self-reflection condition. However, participants in the public self-awareness condition performed worse in the second task upon completion of their self-reflection compared with those that did not write a self-reflection. Additionally, a post-hoc linguistic analysis of the self-reflections illustrated that high-performers discussed their task completion using more cognitively complex language compared to low-performers.

Suggested Citation

  • Gamze Yilmaz & Leah LeFebvre, 2016. "The Effects of Self-Awareness and Self-Reflective Writing on Online Task Performance," International Journal of Cyber Behavior, Psychology and Learning (IJCBPL), IGI Global, vol. 6(2), pages 39-55, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:igg:jcbpl0:v:6:y:2016:i:2:p:39-55
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://services.igi-global.com/resolvedoi/resolve.aspx?doi=10.4018/IJCBPL.2016040103
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:igg:jcbpl0:v:6:y:2016:i:2:p:39-55. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Journal Editor (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.igi-global.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.