In my practice I have found that coping imagery is a good technique to enhance self-efficacy prior to a perceived stressful event. For example, regular use of coping imagery helps many clients/coachees with performance anxiety to build up confidence/self-efficacy prior to giving presentations at work.
What imagery and visualisation techniques have you found enhance self-efficacy? Also interested in the relevant research too.
Though not directed at general feelings of self-efficacy, there is some work by Dr. Jennifer Cummings, who investigates the use of imagery in coaching athletes. This work looks at the utility of imagery in increasing the athlete's skill (whether subjective perceived skill, or objectively measured), so you might find this relevant. It's hard to imagine a more stressful event than an athletic contest.
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jennifer_Cumming/contributions/
That's very helpful. Thank you. I note Jennifer has published a number of articles on imagery.
Clean Language offers a lovely coaching approach to this end, encouraging the autogenic development of a metaphor (which can be experienced visually, phonologically or as a feeling with a location). The prompt questions would be:
A: "If this meeting/project/performance were to be ideal for you, it would be like what?"
B: "in order for A (use clients own words) YOU will need to be like what?"
C: "In order for A and B, what resources will you need?"
Each question can then be developed using Clean Questions (Grove, 89; Tosey et al, 2014) to build both metaphorical depth to the clients' experience and practical ideas for preparation (Walker, 2014).
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