The Effects of Mental Practice on Motor Skill Performance: Critical Evaluation and Meta-Analysis

1991 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karin E. Hinshaw
Keyword(s):  
Motor Skill ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Critical Evaluation ◽  
Mental Practice ◽  
Skill Performance

The Effects of Mental Practice on Motor Skill Learning and Performance: A Meta-analysis

1983 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deborah L. Feltz ◽  
Daniel M. Landers
Keyword(s):  
Motor Skill ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
Mental Practice ◽  
Skill Learning ◽  
Effect Sizes ◽  
Average Effect ◽  
Subsequent Performance ◽  
Clear Cut

A longstanding research question in the sport psychology literature has been whether a given amount of mental practice prior to performing a motor skill will enhance one's subsequent performance. The research literature, however, has not provided any clear-cut answers to this question and this has prompted the present, more comprehensive review of existing research using the meta-analytic strategy proposed by Glass (1977). From the 60 studies yielding 146 effect sizes the overall average effect size was .48, which suggests, as did Richardson (1967a), that mentally practicing a motor skill influences performance somewhat better than no practice at all. Effect sizes were also compared on a number of variables thought to moderate the effects of mental practice. Results from these comparisons indicated that studies employing cognitive tasks had larger average effect sizes than motor or strength tasks and that published studies had larger average effect sizes than unpublished studies. These findings are discussed in relation to several existing explanations for mental practice and four theoretical propositions are advanced.

Getting the fundamentals of movement: a meta-analysis of the effectiveness of motor skill interventions in children

2011 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 305-315 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. W. Logan ◽  
L. E. Robinson ◽  
A. E. Wilson ◽  
W. A. Lucas
Keyword(s):  
Motor Skill ◽  
Meta Analysis

Effects of Motor Skill Intervention on Developmental Coordination Disorder: A Meta-Analysis

2000 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 381-401 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mia Pless ◽  
Marianne Carlsson
Keyword(s):  
Motor Skill ◽  
Developmental Coordination Disorder ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Group Setting ◽  
Theoretical Approaches ◽  
Specific Skill ◽  
Motor Skill Intervention ◽  
Motor Outcomes ◽  
Coordination Disorder ◽  
Published Research

The purpose was to determine whether evidence exists in published research from 1970 to 1996 to support motor skill intervention for children with developmental coordination disorder (DCD) or equivalent conditions. The following questions were addressed: (a) Which (if any) of three theoretical approaches to motor skill interventions is supported by evidence? (b) How do age of participants, research design, intervention setting, and intervention duration affect motor outcomes? (c) What are the results of meta-analysis? Twenty-one relevant studies were identified, and 13 (all that reported means and standard deviations) were subjected to meta-analysis. Findings indicated that motor skill intervention is most effective when applied with (a) children with DCD over age 5, (b) the specific skill theoretical approach, (c) intervention conducted in a group setting or as a home program, and (d) intervention frequency of at least 3 to 5 times per week. No clear findings emerged in regard to other variables.

scholarly journals Protocol for a systematic review of psychological treatment for methamphetamine use: an analysis of methamphetamine use and mental health symptom outcomes

BMJ Open ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (9) ◽  
pp. e015383 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandra Stuart ◽  
Amanda L Baker ◽  
Jenny Bowman ◽  
Kristen McCarter ◽  
Alexandra Mary Janice Denham ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Reviews ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Psychological Treatment ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Critical Evaluation ◽  
Comprehensive Overview ◽  
Psychological Treatments ◽  
Methamphetamine Use ◽  
Research Reporting ◽  
Quantitative Synthesis

IntroductionPeople who use methamphetamine (MA) regularly, often experience symptoms of mental ill health associated with the use of the drug. These include symptoms of psychosis, depression, anxiety and also cognitive deficits. Accordingly, psychological treatments aim to reduce MA use and related problems, including symptoms of mental ill health. Although there has been a substantial body of research reporting on the evidence of effectiveness of psychological treatments for MA use, there is a paucity of research addressing the effectiveness of these treatments for coexisting symptoms of mental ill health. We aim to address this gap by providing a comprehensive overview of the evidence for psychological treatments for MA use and associated symptoms of mental ill health in experimental/controlled clinical studies. In addition, a critical evaluation of study methods and the outcomes of psychological interventions on MA use and symptoms of mental ill health will be conducted.Methods and analysisThe Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions and the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis statement will be used to inform the methods of this review. Eight electronic peer-reviewed databases will be searched. Pilot searches have been conducted for MA literature considering controlled clinical trials only. Eligible articles will be independently assessed against inclusion criteria. Before final analyses are completed, searches will be rerun and if eligible, additional studies will be retrieved for inclusion. A quantitative synthesis of the findings will be reported where possible, and ‘summary of findings’ tables will be generated for each comparison. Risk ratios and 95% CI (dichotomous outcomes) will be calculated and/or effect size according to Cohen’s formula (continuous outcomes) for the primary outcome of each trial.Ethics and disseminationNo ethical issues are foreseen. Findings will be disseminated widely to clinicians and researchers via journal publication and conference presentation(s).Trial registration numberCRD42016043657.

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