If I want to perform better, then how should I feel?

• Authors: Andrew M. Lane

Abstracts

EN

Research indicates that emotions are predictive of sports performance. The application of emotion research to practice is that intervention strategies can be used to change emotions to enhance performance. The present study examined emotional profi les associated with successful performance. A review of studies indicate that there are general trends, that is, high activation emotions such as excitement and vigor tend to associate with good performance and low activation unpleasant emotions such as depression and dejection tend to associate with poor performance. Studies show mixed results for high activation unpleasant emotions (anger and anxiety). Athletes like to feel emotions that can be functional, and so some athletes will seek to increase or sustain relatively high levels of anger or anxiety if they believe they are helpful for performance. It is proposed that practitioners identify individual emotion-performance relationships and examine underlying beliefs associated with each emotion.

Keywords

EN

emotion; affect; mood; self-regulation; psychological skills

• Publisher: Polska Akademia Nauk
• Journal: Polish Psychological Bulletin
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 44
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 130-136

Dates

published

2013

Contributors

author

Andrew M. Lane

• University of Wolverhampton, UK

Identifiers

Biblioteka Nauki

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