Anxiety, ego depletion, and sports performance
Deutscher übersetzter Titel: | Angst, Selbstvertrauensverlust und sportliche Leistung |
---|---|
Autor: | Englert, Christoph; Bertrams, Alex |
Erschienen in: | Journal of sport and exercise psychology |
Veröffentlicht: | 34 (2012), 5, S. 580-599, Lit. |
Format: | Literatur (SPOLIT) |
Publikationstyp: | Zeitschriftenartikel |
Medienart: | Gedruckte Ressource Elektronische Ressource (online) |
Sprache: | Englisch |
ISSN: | 0895-2779, 1543-2904 |
DOI: | 10.1123/jsep.34.5.580 |
Schlagworte: | |
Online Zugang: | |
Erfassungsnummer: | PU201404003588 |
Quelle: | BISp |
Abstract
In the present article, we analyzed the role of self-control strength and state anxiety in sports performance. We tested the hypothesis that self-control strength and state anxiety interact in predicting sports performance on the basis of two studies, each using a different sports task (Study 1: performance in a basketball free throw task, N = 64; Study 2: performance in a dart task, N = 79). The patterns of results were as expected in both studies: Participants with depleted self-control strength performed worse in the specific tasks as their anxiety increased, whereas there was no significant relation for participants with fully available self-control strength. Furthermore, different degrees of available self-control strength did not predict performance in participants who were low in state anxiety, but did in participants who were high in state anxiety. Thus increasing self-control strength could reduce the negative anxiety effects in sports and improve athletes' performance under pressure. Verf.-Referat