Predicting athletic performance from cardiovascular indexes of challenge and threat |
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Authors: | Jim Blascovich Mark D Seery Carrie A Mugridge R.Kyle Norris Max Weisbuch |
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Affiliation: | Department of Psychology, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9660, USA |
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Abstract: | This study examined the relationship between pre-performance motivational states (challenge vs. threat) and subsequent performance in athletic competition. Prior to the season, college baseball and softball players imagined and gave a speech about a specific baseball/softball playing situation while cardiovascular indexes of challenge and threat were recorded. These physiological challenge/threat indexes significantly predicted athletic performance during the subsequent season, such that players who experienced challenge in the laboratory performed better relative to those who experienced threat. The implications for personnel selection and the biopsychosocial model of challenge and threat are discussed. |
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Keywords: | Challenge and threat Motivational states Athletic performance Cardiovascular reactivity |
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