Generality and Specificity of Attention Belated to Competitive Anxiety and Sport Performance

1987 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 231-248 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard R Albrecht ◽  
Deborah L. Feltz
Keyword(s):  
Trait Anxiety ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Objective Measure ◽  
Sport Performance ◽  
Interpersonal Style ◽  
Competitive Anxiety ◽  
Attentional Deployment ◽  
Batting Performance ◽  
Positive Correlations

The Test of Attentional and Interpersonal Style (TAIS) was developed as an objective measure by which an individual's attentional predisposition could be identified and used to predict performance on a variety of tasks. The present study had three purposes: (a) to construct a baseball/softball batting (B-TAIS) version of each TAIS attentional subscale, (b) to compare TAIS and B-TAIS reliability, and (c) to compare TAIS and B-TAIS validity. Both instruments were administered to 29 intercollegiate baseball and softball players. The B-TAIS demonstrated slightly higher test-restest reliability on five of the six attentional subscales and was higher than the TAIS in internal consistency on all subscales. Batting performance was positively related to all B-TAIS subscales assessing effective attentional deployment and negatively related to all subscales assessing ineffective attention. Significant positive correlations also existed between B-TAIS ineffective subscale scores and competitive trait anxiety. However, these relationships were not found with the general TAIS.

Competitive Anxiety, Situation Criticality and Softball Performance

1994 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 58-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vikki Krane ◽  
Douglas Joyce ◽  
Jennifer Rafeld
Keyword(s):  
Trait Anxiety ◽  
Catastrophe Theory ◽  
Situational Factors ◽  
Somatic Anxiety ◽  
Competitive Anxiety ◽  
Cognitive Anxiety ◽  
Batting Performance ◽  
Salient Factor ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Relationship

The relationship among person factors, situational factors, and batting performance was examined during a collegiate softball tournament. Specifically, the purposes of the present study were to examine (a) cognitive and somatic anxiety and performance as related to athletes’ trait anxiety and situation criticality, and (b) the catastrophe theory prediction that somatic anxiety would differentially relate to performance depending upon the level of cognitive anxiety. Standardized performance scores and intraindividual cognitive and somatic anxiety scores were computed for each athlete (N = 11). As hypothesized, high levels of situation criticality were associated with high levels of cognitive anxiety, but somatic anxiety did not differ in the two situations. Both person and situation factors were significant predictors of cognitive and somatic anxiety; however, the more salient factor was dependent upon the measurement of anxiety (raw scores vs. standardized score). Consistent with the catastrophe theory, somatic anxiety had a different relationship with performance in high criticality situations compared to low criticality situations.

scholarly journals The Hidden Cost of Age Oppression: Adultism, Ageism, and Interest in Serving Older Adults

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 594-594
Author(s):  
Katherine King ◽  
Kirsten Graham ◽  
Briana Reid ◽  
Molly Church ◽  
Juan Rosario
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Doctoral Students ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Clinical Psychology ◽  
Career Choices ◽  
Hidden Cost ◽  
Psychology Doctoral Students ◽  
Positive Correlations ◽  
Psychology Doctoral

Abstract Adultism is an underappreciated influence on young adults’ career choices and a hidden contributing factor to the geropsychology workforce shortage. This study reports on the development of an Adultist Concerns scale and its correlations with several factors relevant to careers in aging. Clinical psychology doctoral students (n = 109) completed the new scale along with measures of ageism, training interests, and experience working with older adults. The Adultist Concerns scale had strong internal consistency (α = .952) and factor loadings .853 and .929. Females scored significantly higher than males (p = .003). There were significant positive correlations between Adultist Concerns and both overall ageist behaviors (p = .002) and negative ageist behaviors specifically (p = .002). Adultist concerns were significantly negatively correlated with age (p = .000), interest in working with older adults (p = .003), and experience with this population (p = .043).

On the Relationship between Machiavellianism and Anxiety among Italian Undergraduates

1985 ◽  
Vol 56 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Nigro ◽  
I. Galli
Keyword(s):  
Trait Anxiety ◽  
State Anxiety ◽  
State Trait Anxiety Inventory ◽  
Italian Version ◽  
Positive Correlations ◽  
The Relationship

139 Italian undergraduates (61 men and 78 women) responded to the Italian version of the Christie's Mach IV scale and to the Italian version of the Spielberger's State-Trait Anxiety Inventory. Positive correlations between Mach IV scores and both State Anxiety and Trait Anxiety scores were found for both sexes. The authors hypothesized that moderate anxiety may be associated with high Machiavellianism. Further implications of the findings were discussed.

scholarly journals Relationship of Target-Based Orientation and Competitive Anxiety With Female Basketball Players’ Performance

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (9a) ◽  
pp. 69
Author(s):  
Gul Eda Burmaoglu
Keyword(s):  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Statistical Technique ◽  
Sport Performance ◽  
Basketball Players ◽  
Competitive Anxiety ◽  
Related Data ◽  
Relationship Of

The main purpose of this research was to determine relationship of the target-based orientation and the Competitive anxiety with the young Basketball players’ performance in Erzurum province championship tournaments. So the whole young Basketball players’ of Erzurum Province participating in the championship tournaments in 2014 were selected as the statistical technique. The questionnaire of the target-based orientation at sport and the questionnaire of the competitive anxiety and the study of the Basketball players’' results were applied in order to gather the related data. This study was an applied and a descriptive-correlation type. The results showed there is a significant relationship between the target-based orientation and sport performance of Basketball players’ participated in Erzurum championship tournaments. There is also significant relationship between the task-based element and sport performance of the young Basketball players’. There is no observed a significant relationship between the target-based orientation and sport performance of the Basketball players’. There is a significant relationship between the competitive anxiety and the sport performance of the young Basketball players’ in the championship tournaments of Erzurum.

Application of the μ Index to the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory

1979 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 860-862 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pamela Logan ◽  
Robert Loo
Keyword(s):  
Trait Anxiety ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
The State ◽  
Affective States ◽  
State Trait Anxiety Inventory

Various measures of internal consistency were used in the calculation of Howarth's μ index for the state and trait scales of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory. The results suggested that Howarth's μ is a useful index to assess state scales and to differentiate state scales from trait scales at least in the case of this inventory. Caution is urged, however, in its use with other measures which are not so well validated as this and with affective states not so well researched as anxiety.

Relation of State and Trait Anxiety to Essential Hypertension

1983 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 355-358 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary D. Foster ◽  
Susan T. Bell
Keyword(s):  
Essential Hypertension ◽  
Trait Anxiety ◽  
Objective Measure ◽  
The State ◽  
Anxiety State ◽  
State Trait Anxiety Inventory ◽  
State And Trait Anxiety ◽  
The Relationship

This study used an objective measure of state and trait anxiety to clarify the relationship between level of anxiety and essential hypertension. The State-Trait Anxiety Inventory was administered to 30 hypertensives and their normotensive spouses. No significant differences were found between the hypertensives and normotensives on either measure of anxiety (state or trait). A significant correlation was noted, however, between the trait-anxiety scores of hypertensives and those of their spouses. The need to examine the role of anxiety in the development versus the maintenance of essential hypertension is discussed.

Analysis of the Effect of Competitive Trait Anxiety on Performance in Taekwondo Competition

1992 ◽  
Vol 75 (1) ◽  
pp. 239-243 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mel E. Finkenberg ◽  
James M. Dinucci ◽  
E. Donice McCune ◽  
Sandra L. McCune
Keyword(s):  
Multivariate Analysis ◽  
Trait Anxiety ◽  
Analysis Of Covariance ◽  
Normative Sample ◽  
Male Youth ◽  
Youth Athletes ◽  
Competitive Anxiety ◽  
Anxiety Test

This study examined the effect of competitive trait anxiety on performance in open- (sparring) and closed- (forms) skills in Taekwondo. 58 subjects responded to the Sports Competition Anxiety Test immediately prior to competition. Subjects were categorized into groups showing high, medium, and low competitive anxiety to assess whether differences on the variables of sparring and forms were significantly related with scores on competition anxiety, age, or gender after adjusting for the covariate of years of competition. Multivariate analysis of covariance showed no significant differences between subjects and the normative samples on competitive anxiety scores except for boys, whose scores were significantly higher than those of a normative sample of male youth athletes.

scholarly journals Validation and Feasibility of the Medication Acceptability Questionnaire to Investigate Tablet and Liquid Alendronic Acid with Older Hospital Patients

Pharmacy ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 84
Author(s):  
Sion Scott ◽  
Allan Clark ◽  
Helen May ◽  
Debi Bhattacharya
Keyword(s):  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Alendronic Acid ◽  
Content Validity ◽  
Cognitive Interviews ◽  
Cronbach’S Alpha ◽  
Patient Acceptability ◽  
Cronbach's Alpha ◽  
Hospital Patients ◽  
Medication Reviews ◽  
Positive Correlations

The effects of formulation characteristics on acceptability are poorly understood. This study evaluated the validity and feasibility of using the Medication Acceptability Questionnaire (MAQ) to investigate factors influencing acceptability of tablet compared with liquid alendronic acid. Written consent was obtained from eligible patients on Older People’s Medicine wards. MAQ face and content validity were evaluated through cognitive interviews while internal consistency and criterion validity were investigated by calculating Cronbach’s alpha and correlation of MAQ items with visual analogue scale (VAS) responses. MAQ data were obtained from 33 and 25 participants for tablet and liquid formulations respectively. Cognitive interviews indicated MAQ face and content validity. The domains of appearance, efficacy, and tolerability demonstrated adequate internal consistency and suitable refinements were identified for the domains of convenience and taste with Cronbach’s alpha <0.7. Significant positive correlations were identified between all MAQ domains and VAS. The liquid trended towards performing better for taste, appearance and tolerability and the tablet for convenience and efficacy. It is feasible to capture patient acceptability of a medication by questionnaire. Interpatient variation in acceptability for two formulations indicates that medication characteristics should be considered during prescribing and medication reviews to match patient preference with the appropriate formulation.

El Deportista y la Atención Plena. / The Athlete and the Mindfulness.

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (05) ◽  
pp. 173-187
Author(s):  
Víctor Manuel Cepeda Salas ◽  
Alicia Elena Romero Carrasco
Keyword(s):  
Sport Psychology ◽  
Performance Enhancement ◽  
Sport Performance ◽  
Present Moment ◽  
Competitive Anxiety ◽  
Future Events ◽  
Alternative Proposal

El presente artículo explica y une el concepto de Atención Plena (Mindfulness) al deporte y a las experiencias de los atletas. Crítica a los modelos actuales de intervención en Psicología del Deporte y establece una propuesta alternativa. Mindfulness se ha descrito como una conciencia centrada en el presente, no elaborativa y no enjuiciadora, en la cual cada pensamiento, sentimiento o sensación que surge en el campo atencional es reconocido y aceptado tal como es (Kabat-Zinn, 1990; Segal, Williams y Teasdale, 2002; Shapiro y Schartz, 1999). Para el deportista significa aprender a estar en el momento presente, no detenerse en hechos del pasado como fallos o anticipar eventos futuros, como ganar o perder. Programas como Mindful Sport Performance Enhancement (MSPE) de Kaufman y Glass (2006); y el programa Mindfulness-Acceptance-Commitment (MAC) de Gardner y Moore (2004, 2007), contribuirían a aumentar las experiencias de flow, reducirían la ansiedad pre-competitiva, incluso inciden en medidas de resultado atlético. This article explains and connects the concept of Mindfulness sports and the experiences of athletes. Criticizes the current models of intervention in Sport Psychology and establishes an alternative Proposal. Mindfulness hasbeen Described as a non-elaborative consciousness focused on the present, not judgmental, In Which every thought, feeling or sensation That Arises in the attentional field is Recognized and accepted as is (Kabat-Zinn, 1990; Segal, Williams and Teasdale, 2002; Shapiro and Schwartz, 1999). For the athlete Means learning to be in the present moment, not dwell on past events: such as failures or anticipate future events, winning or losing: such as. Programs like Mindful Sport Performance Enhancement (MSPE) of Kaufman and Glass (2006); and Mindfulness-Acceptance-Commitment (MAC) Gardner and Moore (2004, 2007), the program would Enhance the experiences of flow, reduces the pre-competitive anxiety even Affect athletic outcomes.

Selective updating of sentences: Introducing a new measure of verbal working memory

2017 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 275-301 ◽  
Author(s):  
DANIEL FELLMAN ◽  
ANNA SOVERI ◽  
CHARLOTTE VIKTORSSON ◽  
SARAH HAGA ◽  
JOHANNES NYLUND ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Working Memory ◽  
Language Processing ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Concurrent Validity ◽  
Human Performance ◽  
Verbal Working Memory ◽  
Reading Span ◽  
Sentence Level ◽  
Positive Correlations ◽  
Adequate Internal Consistency

ABSTRACTWorking memory (WM) is one of the most studied cognitive constructs in psychology, because of its relevance to human performance, including language processing. When measuring verbal WM for sentences, the reading span task is the most widely used WM measure for this purpose. However, comparable sentence-level updating tasks are missing. Hence, we sought to develop a WM updating task, which we termed the selective updating of sentences (SUS) task, which taps the ability to constantly update sentences. In two experiments with Finnish-speaking young adults, we examined the internal consistency and concurrent validity of the SUS task. It exhibited adequate internal consistency and correlated positively with well-established working memory measures. Moreover, the SUS task also showed positive correlations with verbal episodic memory tasks employing sentences and paragraphs. These results indicate that the SUS task is a promising new task for psycholinguistic studies addressing verbal WM updating.

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