scholarly journals Smile Intensity in Volleyball Players' Profile Photographs is Unrelated To Sports Performance

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrycja Chwiłkowska ◽  
Maciej Behnke ◽  
Lukasz Kaczmarek
Keyword(s):  
Team Performance ◽  
Positive Emotions ◽  
Life Domains ◽  
Sports Performance ◽  
Positive Emotionality ◽  
Volleyball Players ◽  
Path Models ◽  
Duchenne Smiles

Abstract Studies indicated that individuals who tend to smile while taking their photographs tend to experience more positive emotions in their life and, in turn, achieve superior outcomes in several life domains. However, little is known whether positive emotionality revealed in players' profile photographs is related to sports performance. This study examined whether the smiling intensity in volleyball players' profiles (full, partial, and no smile) predicted individual (e.g., points scored, service, and reception errors) and team performance (winning a match). Building upon previous studies on positive emotions, we expected that players presenting full (Duchenne) smiles would achieve better results. We analyzed 196 volleyball players' profiles from the Polish highest-level professional league competition (PlusLiga). Raters coded smile intensity. Using three-level path models, we found that teams with more frequent Duchenne smiles performed as well as those who presented Duchenne smiles less often. We conclude that positive emotionality (as reflected in profile photo smiling) might be independent of male volleyball accomplishments.

Protector and Casualty

2019 ◽  
pp. 495-522
Author(s):  
Meg Dennison ◽  
Katie McLaughlin
Keyword(s):  
Early Life ◽  
Positive Emotion ◽  
Positive Emotions ◽  
Protective Factor ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Positive Emotionality ◽  
Early Life Adversity ◽  
Adverse Experiences ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Positive Valence

Early-life adversity is associated with elevated risk for a wide range of mental disorders across the lifespan, including those that involve disruptions in positive emotionality. Although extensive research has evaluated heightened negative emotionality and threat processing as developmental mechanisms linking early-life adversity with mental health problems, emerging evidence suggests that positive emotions play an integral, but complex, role in the association of early-life adversity with psychopathology. This chapter identifies two pathways through which positive emotion influences risk for psychopathology following early-life adversity. First, experiences of early-life adversity may alter the development of the “positive valence system”, which in turn increases risk for psychopathology. Second, the association between adversity and psychopathology may vary as a function of individual differences in positive emotionality. We consider how the development of positive emotionality—measured at psychological, behavioral and neurobiological levels—may be altered by early-life adversity, creating a diathesis for psychopathology. We additionally review evidence for the role of positive emotion, measured at multiple levels, as a protective factor that buffers against the adverse impacts of adversity. In integrating these two roles, it is proposed that characteristics of environmental adversity, including developmental timing, duration, and type of adversity, may differentially impact the development of positive emotionality, leading to a better understanding of risks associated with specific adverse experiences. Methodological issues regarding the measurement of adverse environments as well as implications for early intervention and treatment are discussed.

scholarly journals Feeling Good Makes Us Stronger: How Team Resilience Mediates the Effect of Positive Emotions on Team Performance

2014 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 239-255 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isabella Meneghel ◽  
Marisa Salanova ◽  
Isabel M. Martínez
Keyword(s):  
Team Performance ◽  
Positive Emotions ◽  
Team Resilience

scholarly journals Exploring the Association between Life Perceptions and Emotional Profiles in Taiwan: Empirical Evidence from the National Well-Being Indicators Survey

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (12) ◽  
pp. 4209
Author(s):  
Mei-Yin Kuan ◽  
Jiun-Hao Wang ◽  
Yu-Chang Liou ◽  
Li-Pei Peng
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Emotional Regulation ◽  
Positive Emotions ◽  
Negative Emotion ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Ordinary Least Squares ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Life Domains ◽  
Least Squares Regression

Most of the studies on subjective well-being have focused on positive emotions. The adverse effect of negative emotions on mental health has been overlooked. This study investigates the extent to which specific life perceptions are associated with emotional profiles, and explores relevant factors that effectively enhance subjective well-being. The data were drawn from 4656 respondents in the 2015 National Well-being Indicators Survey in Taiwan. T-test, ANOVA, Pearson correlation, and ordinary least squares regression were conducted. The results reveal that perceptions of all life domains are positively associated with life satisfaction and happiness. Depression and worry are negatively associated with most of the life perceptions, except for environmental quality. These results demonstrate that the emotional profile approach sheds light on current literature on subjective well-being, and suggests that strategies to increase well-being should take positive and negative emotion into account simultaneously. The findings contribute by confirming which life domains can produce the best or worst outcomes in emotional regulation and positively influence mental health. Given that personal safety and the future security of external types is the most crucial factor within the emotional profiles, social welfare and protection programs would be an important strategy to increase subjective well-being.

scholarly journals ANTHROPOMETRIC VALUES OF SPANISH BEACH VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS IN RELATION TO SPORTS PERFORMANCE LEVEL

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 206-210
Author(s):  
Miriam Esther Quiroga Escudero ◽  
Antonio Palomino Martín ◽  
Samuel Sarmiento Montesdeoca ◽  
David Rodríguez Ruiz ◽  
Juan Manuel García Manso
Keyword(s):  
Selection Process ◽  
Performance Level ◽  
Sports Performance ◽  
Level Of Evidence ◽  
Results Of Treatment ◽  
Talent Selection ◽  
Volleyball Players ◽  
Level 3 ◽  
Level 1 ◽  
Level 2

ABSTRACT Introduction Since its debut at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, beach volleyball has grown on the international sports scene. An extensive collection of data from several countries and levels of competition will provide a database that can be used to characterize beach volleyball players and define references for training stages. Objective The purpose of this study was to describe and compare the anthropometric profiles of Spanish male and female beach volleyball players at different levels of competition in relation to sports performance. Methods The sample comprised 150 players participating in the 2011 Spanish Beach Volleyball Championships (Under 19, Under 21, and Senior categories). Using the ranking provided by the Royal Spanish Volleyball Federation, the subjects were distributed by performance level (level 1: players ranked first to fourth; level 2: players ranked fifth to ninth; and level 3: players ranked tenth to seventeenth). The study comprised a group of male players, with 18 level 1 ( M1 ), 39 level 2 ( M2 ), and 22 level 3 players ( M3 ), and a group of female players, with 18 level 1 ( F1 ), 41 level 2 ( F2 ), and 12 level 3 players ( F3 ). Results The top level male sample ( M1 ) had a significantly lower average age (19.33 years) than the men’s international elite players (30 years). The top Spanish players of both genders had much lower values for height and body weight than the international elite players. Conclusions Height and fat component are responsible for the differences between top and lower level beach volleyball players, for both men and women. Moreover, as the level of performance increases, players are taller and have a lower fat component. In view of the data observed in this study, the talent selection process in Spanish beach volleyball should aim to select taller individuals than at present. Level of evidence III; Therapeutic studies-Investigating the results of treatment.

scholarly journals Qualitative Methodologies as a Vehicle for Understanding the Emotional Process in Soccer Players

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 36-56
Author(s):  
Carla Alexandra Ramalho de Sena Martins ◽  
António Paula Brito
Keyword(s):  
Positive Emotions ◽  
Negative Emotions ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Sports Performance ◽  
Functional Effect ◽  
Performance Factors ◽  
Emotional Process ◽  
Exploratory Investigation ◽  
Performance Functional ◽  
Qualitative Methodologies

A descriptive-exploratory investigation with pre-experimental design tried to answer the question how sports performance in competition is influenced by emotions? Two assessing instruments were built – Questionário Emoção e Desempenho Desportivo (QEDD, study 1) and Sistema de Observação do Desempenho Desportivo - (SODD -1, study 3). Interviews were used to identify the emotions’ triggers and which sports performance factors were influenced by those emotions (study 2). Study 4 intended to answer the research question, with two football players. For both players different kinds of emotions were generated by the same trigger and by different triggers. For player 1, positive and negative emotions always had a functional effect in sports performance; for player 2, positive emotions had only a functional effect on sports performance, negative emotions had both effects in sports performance (functional and dysfunctional), and some of the studied emotions had no influence in sports performance.  

scholarly journals Who likes whom? The interaction between perceiver personality and target look

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan-Erik Lönnqvist ◽  
Ville Juhani Ilmarinen ◽  
Markku Verkasalo
Keyword(s):  
Individual Differences ◽  
Positive Emotions ◽  
Portrait Photographs ◽  
Duchenne Smiles ◽  
Physically Attractive ◽  
Zero Acquaintance

We investigated determinants of liking at zero-acquaintance, focusing on individual differences in perceivers’ reactions to appearance cues. Perceivers (N = 385) viewed portrait photographs of Targets (N = 146). Perceiver’s Agreeableness and Extraversion were uniquely associated with liking targets. Targets who expressed positive emotions, looked relaxed, were physically attractive, and looked healthy and energetic, were the most liked. There were substantial individual differences in how Perceivers were influenced by appearance cues. For instance, Perceivers generally rated targets who displayed non-Duchenne (fake) smiles less favorably than targets who did not smile or targets who displayed Duchenne (authentic) smiles. However, non-Duchenne smiles elicited especially negative ratings from Perceivers high in Neuroticism or Conscientiousness, but not from Perceivers low in Agreeableness.

scholarly journals Questionable Utility of the Eccentric Utilization Ratio in Relation to the Performance of Volleyball Players

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (22) ◽  
pp. 11754
Author(s):  
Žiga Kozinc ◽  
Jernej Pleša ◽  
Nejc Šarabon
Keyword(s):  
Athletic Training ◽  
Average Power ◽  
Performance Outcomes ◽  
T Test ◽  
Sports Performance ◽  
Linear Regression Models ◽  
Jump Performance ◽  
Volleyball Players ◽  
Utilization Ratio ◽  
The Difference

The difference between squat jump (SJ) and countermovement jump (CMJ), termed eccentric utilization ratio (EUR), is frequently suggested as an outcome that can be used in athletic training design. Unlike performance in SJ and CMJ, which is associated with sports performance, the association between EUR and sports performance is almost unexplored. This study aimed to investigate whether EUR is associated with performance in approach jump, linear sprint and change of direction (CoD) tasks in volleyball players. Forty-five male volleyball players performed SJ, CMJ, 25 m linear sprint, approach jump and two CoD tasks (505 test and modified T-test). EUR was calculated based on jump height, peak power, peak force and average power. SJ and CMJ variables showed moderate to high correlation with approach jump performance (r = 0.42–0.70), small correlation with modified T-test (r = 0.33–0.40) and small to moderate correlation with sprint time (r = 0.35–0.49). EUR showed only small associations with performance variables (r = 0.31–0.34). In all linear regression models with performance outcomes as dependent variables, the CMJ height was always the only statistically significant predictor. Our results support the recent arguments that the EUR offers limited insight into the neuromuscular capabilities of athletes.

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