Personality and performance in real-world competitions: Testing trait activation of fear of negative evaluation,dispositional reinvestment,and athletic identity in the field |
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| Affiliation: | 1. University of Münster, Germany;2. Federation University Australia, Australia;3. Victoria University, Australia;1. Department of Psychology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden;2. Center of Research on Welfare Health and Sport, Halmstad University, Sweden;3. School of Health and Human Sciences, Southern Cross University, Coffs Harbour, Australia;4. Department of Psychology, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden;2. School of Sport, Carnegie Faculty, Leeds Beckett University, United Kingdom;3. School of Sport and Health Sciences, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, United Kingdom;4. Department of Surgery, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China;1. Department of Business Administration, Guilford Glazer Faculty of Business and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel;2. Zinman College of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, Wingate Institute, Israel;1. School of Psychology, University of Waikato, New Zealand;2. School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong;3. Te Oranga School of Human Development and Movement Studies, University of Waikato, New Zealand |
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| Abstract: | ObjectivesBased on the trait activation principle, researchers have tested whether personality traits are capable of predicting sport performance (under pressure). Typically, however, these investigations followed experimental approaches in the laboratory and only rarely in the field. Accordingly, the purpose of this study was to test for the generalizability of findings gained in these experimental studies and to investigate potential trait activation for real-world performance in competitions. Based on prior studies on the prediction of performance under pressure, the selected personality traits involved fear of negative evaluation, dispositional reinvestment, and athletic identity.DesignPersonality traits were used as predictors for low-pressure and high-pressure basketball free-throw performance.MethodFirst, 53 basketball players completed trait questionnaires. Second, directly prior to performance assessments, participants reported on perceived importance, their somatic and cognitive state anxiety, and confidence. Third, free-throw performance was assessed in a low-pressure condition (i.e., successful free-throw percentage for 30 attempts) and repeatedly in 12 high-pressure conditions within real basketball matches (i.e., successful free-throw percentage for total attempts).ResultsTwo main findings were identified: First, none of the traits predicted performance under low pressure. Second, under high-pressure, only fear of negative evaluation as well as state anxiety were significantly negatively associated with performance in competitions.ConclusionThese results extend existing literature and add applied and ecologically valid empirical support for the relevance of anxiety-related traits (i.e., fear of negative evaluation) and states for performance under pressure in real-world competitions, emphasizing the importance of self-presentational considerations in athletes when the stakes are high. |
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| Keywords: | Choking (Social) Anxiety Ecological validity Self-presentation Basketball free-throw |
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