The effects of imagery-manipulated appraisal on intensity and direction of competitive anxiety

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作者
Hale, BD [1 ]
Whithouse, A [1 ]
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[1] Staffordshire Univ, Div Sport Hlth & Exercise, Stoke On Trent ST4 2DF, Staffs, England
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10.1123/tsp.12.1.40
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F [经济];
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02 ;
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This study attempted to manipulate an athletes facilitative or debilitative appraisal (direction; Jones, 1995) of competitive anxiety through imagery-based interventions in order to study the effects on subsequent anxiety intensity (heart rate and CSAI-2) and direction (CSAI-2D: Jones gr Swain, 1992). In a within-subjects' design, 24 experienced soccer players were relaxed via progressive relaxation audiotape and then randomly underwent an imagery-based video- and audiotaped manipulation of their appraisal of taking a hypothetical game-winning penalty kick under either a "pressure" or "challenge" appraisal emphasis. There was no significant effect for heart mts. A repeated measures MANOVA for CSAI-2 and CSAI-2D scores revealed that for both intensity and direction scores the challenge condition produced less cognitive anxiety, less somatic anxiety, and more self-confidence (all p<.001) than the pressure situation. This finding suggests that a challenge appraisal manipulation taught by applied sport psychologists might benefit athletes' performance.
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