Modelling mood states in athletic performance
Deutscher übersetzter Titel: | Beeinflussung von Gemueetszustaenden und sportlicher Leistung |
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Autor: | Cockerill, Ian M.; Nevill, Alan M.; Lyons, Noel |
Erschienen in: | Journal of sports sciences |
Veröffentlicht: | 9 (1991), 2, S. 205-212, Lit. |
Format: | Literatur (SPOLIT) |
Publikationstyp: | Zeitschriftenartikel |
Medienart: | Gedruckte Ressource |
Sprache: | Englisch |
ISSN: | 0264-0414, 1466-447X |
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Erfassungsnummer: | PU199111050284 |
Quelle: | BISp |
Abstract
Because moods are transitory emotional states that can be influenced by a range of personality and environmental factors, the notion that elite athletes will always tend to produce a so-called iceberg profile of mood, and that less successful performers will not, is open to question. Evidence for such a claim is based principally upon descriptive studies. The present experiment used the POMS inventory as a predictor of cross-country running performance among a group of experienced male athletes. Race times from two competitive events were plotted against each of six mood factors. Using data from race 1, a multiple-regression model - incorporating the interdependence of tension, anger and depression - was able to predict rank order of finishing positions for race 2 with acceptable accuracy (rs=0.74, P<0.01). The present approach differs from the traditional model of mood research in sport in that it provides a prescriptive, rather than a descriptive, focus. Although the model that has been developed appears promising, it is likely that in sports where demands on athletes are very different from those made upon cross-country runners, an alternative model may be required. Verf.-Referat