Self-efficacy is associated with higher video trustworthiness ratings regardless of source expertise¶

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Evidence · 1 study · causal r2 · q1
Currency · newest study 2025 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q1 i? Higher video evaluation self-efficacy predicts more favorable evaluations of both expert and layperson videos, without discriminating by source expertise. → Brivael Hémon 2025

Evidence¶

Brivael Hémon 2025¶

Brivael Hémon, Kevin de Checchi, Amaël Arguel, Bastien Trémolière, & Franck Amadieu. (2025). Relationships Between Critical Thinking Dispositions and Evaluation of Videos with Variation in the Level of Expertise of the Source Among Middle and High School Students. Computers and Education. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2025.105274

q1 · i? · causal · r2

Authors' interpretation (Discussion §5.2) of their own regression results; self-efficacy was significant in both the expert- and layperson-video models but not for the discernment score, and the authors "might suspect that students with high self-efficacy are overconfident in their own abilities".

"the more students believe that they are able to effectively evaluate sources and information, the more they are likely to evaluate sources and information favorably without consideration for the source level of expertise"

Discussion¶

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