Sport and personality

1981 ◽  
Vol 13 (S7) ◽  
pp. 55-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. E. Kane
Keyword(s):  
Physical Performance ◽  
Achievement Motivation ◽  
Causal Attribution ◽  
Mental Rehearsal ◽  
Sporting Performance

SummaryIn a wide-ranging survey, ways are examined in which human personalities can be categorized and the relevance of these categories to sporting performance is examined. The profiles produced by studies of the Eysenck and Cattell type, the significance of the ‘trait’ and the ‘interactional’ approaches and the correlation of personalities with physical performance are considered. The importance of such factors as achievement motivation, causal attribution, selfefficacy, mental rehearsal and concentration is examined. Consideration is given to the role of sport in the fulfilment of the personality.

A Further Consideration of the Effects of Evaluation on Motivation

1976 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 85-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Farideh Salili ◽  
Martin L. Maehr ◽  
Richard L. Sorensen ◽  
Leslie J. Fyans
Keyword(s):  
Task Performance ◽  
Achievement Motivation ◽  
Causal Attributions ◽  
Causal Attribution ◽  
Anagram Task ◽  
Continuing Motivation ◽  
The U.S

Investigation was made of the effects of three evaluation conditions (teacher, self, peer-comparison) on anagram task performance and continuing motivation (CM) among Iranian grade five students. While evaluation condition appeared to make little difference in the case of performance, its effect on CM was significant—results which are remarkably similar to those obtained with U.S. samples. In addition, the role of general achieving orientations and causal attributions was considered. The relationships of achievement motivation and causal attribution were roughly parallel to those found in the U.S. Neither achievement motivation nor causal attribution appeared to moderate the subjects’ response to evaluation. However, there was some evidence that when the subjects attributed their achievement to themselves they were more likely to exhibit CM.

scholarly journals What Lies Beneath: The Role of Self-Efficacy, Causal Attribution Habits, and Gender in Accounting for the Success of College Students

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 333
Author(s):  
Kerstin Hamann ◽  
Maura A. E. Pilotti ◽  
Bruce M. Wilson
Keyword(s):  
General Education ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Causal Attribution ◽  
The United States ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Course Grades ◽  
Success In Higher Education ◽  
And Gender

Existing research has identified gender as a driving variable of student success in higher education: women attend college at a higher rate and are also more successful than their male peers. We build on the extant literature by asking whether specific cognitive variables (i.e., self-efficacy and causal attribution habits) distinguish male and female students with differing academic performance levels. Using a case study, we collected data from students enrolled in a general education course (sample size N = 400) at a large public university in the United States. Our findings indicate that while students’ course grades and cumulative college grades did not vary by gender, female and male students reported different self-efficacy and causal attribution habits for good grades and poor grades. To illustrate, self-efficacy for female students is broad and stretches across all their courses; in contrast, for male students, it is more limited to specific courses. These gender differences in cognition, particularly in accounting for undesirable events, may assist faculty members and advisors in understanding how students respond to difficulties and challenges.

Pain intensity and physical performance among individuals with fibromyalgia in mid-to-late life: The influence of depressive symptoms

2021 ◽  
pp. 135910532110092
Author(s):  
Dylan G Serpas ◽  
Laura Zettel-Watson ◽  
Barbara J Cherry
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Pain Intensity ◽  
Physical Performance ◽  
Walk Test ◽  
Mediation Analyses ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
6 Minute Walk Test ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Minute Walk

This study investigated the mediating role of depressive symptoms among 147 middle-aged and older adults with FM in the relationship between pain intensity and 4 objective measures of physical performance: Fullerton Advanced Balance scale (FAB), 6-Minute Walk Test (6MWT), 30-Second Chair Stand (30SCS), and 8-Foot Up and Go Test (8FUPGT). Asymptotic mediation analyses revealed that depressive symptoms fully mediated the relationship between pain intensity and FAB (95% CI [−0.40, −0.10]) and 8FUPGT (CI [0.02, 0.11]) and partially mediated the relationship to 6MWT (CI [−9.15, −2.20]) and 30SCS (CI [−0.29, −0.06]). Findings support the evaluation of co-morbid depression in FM.

scholarly journals The Role of Gender and Physical Performance on Injuries: An Army Study

2017 ◽  
Vol 52 (5) ◽  
pp. e131-e138 ◽  
Author(s):  
Morgan K. Anderson ◽  
Tyson Grier ◽  
Esther O. Dada ◽  
Michelle Canham-Chervak ◽  
Bruce H. Jones
Keyword(s):  
Physical Performance
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