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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"sport-confidence"”.
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The Effects of Esports on Sport-Confidence and Imagery in Athletes
<p>With the growing popularity of esports, athletes may be able to experience potential cognitive and performance-related benefits as a result of watching others play esports. In the current study, student athletes were randomly assigned to watch a sport esport video or a control esport video and …
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The Conceptualization and Measurement of Sport-Confidence (self-Confidence, Sport Psychology)
… a theoretical framework to conceptualize self-confidence based on the unique context of sport, and (b) valid instrumentation to effectively operationalize self-confidence as conceptualized in the theoretical model. An interactional, sport-specific model was developed in which sport-confidence …
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A Comparative Analysis of Cognitive Differences Among Female Elite and Nonelite High School Field Hockey Players and High School Physical Education Class Nonathletes
… as abstract visual reasoning, concentration, sport-confidence, psychological skills relevant to exceptional performance, and competitive anxiety. Analyses included multivariate analysis of variance for each cognitive category, one way univariate analysis of variance for each subtest within a …
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Effects of an Individual Goal-Setting Intervention on Goal Orientation, Self-Confidence, and Riving Accuracy in Average Golfers: A Quantitative Design
… on driving accuracy performance, state self-confidence, and goal orientation in average golfers. The participants were obtained from two intermediate golf physical activity classes (n=43). The experimental group (n=20) was educated on all aspects of proper goal-setting while the control group …
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Propensity and attainment of flow state
… tennis competition. Based on propositions of the sport-specific flow model (Kimiecik & Stein, 1992), I conducted three interconnected studies. In Study 1, I examined the relationship between personality variables and flow. In Study 2, I tested the effect of the interaction between two key …
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Performance attributes of talented schoolboy Australian Rules Football players
… Western Australia at the Australian School Sports Council National Football Championships. The selected psychological characteristics were competitive anxiety (trait and state), competitive sport orientation (competitiveness, win and goal orientation) and sport confidence (trait and state). …
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An Examination of Psychological Variables Affecting Injured Athletes Prior to Returning to Play
<p>Injury occurs in a variety of different sports and affects athletes in a number of different ways. Following injury, athletic identity is often lost, bringing upon feelings of anger and depression (Brewer, 1993; Fortunato & Marchant, 1999). As athletes begin to re-enter sports, lower levels of …
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Preservice Physical Educators' Stress and Instructional Effectiveness
… levels, gender, familiarity with a specific sport, confidence, readiness, and self-efficacy) and preservice physical educators' stress were unveiled. Implications for PETE programs were also provided.
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Antecedents of Burnout Among Collegiate Tennis Players
… the possible association between optimism, trait confidence, need for achievement, gender, and years of competitive experience and symptoms of burnout in collegiate tennis players. Four inventories were used to assess the 86 collegiate participants (47 men, 39 women): the Athlete Burnout …
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The Relationship Between Superstition and Confidence in Sport
… the relationship between superstition and confidence in sport. The Superstitious Rituals Questionnaire, a single-item confidence question, the confidence subscales from the Athletic Coping Skills Inventory- 28, Competitive State Anxiety Inventory-2, Ottawa Mental Skills Assessment Tool-3, …
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Relaxation and Guided Imagery in the Sport Rehabilitation Context: A Qualitative and Quantitative Design
<p>Sport injuries have been predicted to occur at a rate of 17 million per year, and 8 of 10 athletes become injured during high school and college (Robbins & Rosenfeld, 2001). Injured athletes may experience tension, loneliness, fear, shock/disbelief, and uncertainty of the future (Evan & Hardy, …
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Autoconfianza y deporte: Influencia sobre la adherencia de jóvenes atletas y efecto de los factores sociales
… Fuentes de Confianza en el Deporte (Sources of Sport Confidence Questionnaire. Vealey et al., 1998) (Anexo 1); y la validez de constructo de, el Cuestionario de orientación a la tarea y al Ego (TEOSQ. Task and Ego Orientation in Sport Questionnaire. Duda y Nicholls, 1992), y el Inventario de …