Cognitive behavioural strategies and anxiety in elite orienteers

Yaakov Gal-Or, Gershon Tenenbaum, Simon Shimrony

פרסום מחקרי: פרסום בכתב עתמאמרביקורת עמיתים

19 ציטוטים ‏(Scopus)

תקציר

The primary purpose of this exploratory field study was to examine the use of cognitive behavioural strategies by highly skilled orienteers prior to and during competition. A secondary purpose of the study was to investigate whether differences in the level of qualification in orienteering is related to state anxiety. The subjects were divided into three classes with respect to their international and national records. The first two classes (A and B) were composed of international and national level athletes. The third class (C) included orienteers with unknown international records. Examination of the use of behavioural cognitive strategies during competition indicated that all orienteers reported a moderate use of mental imagery, above moderate use of inner talk and a focus of attention on present action rather than past or future. The other major findings were that prior to competition, superior orienteers reported use of higher self-efficacy, more positive outcome expectations and more task demand orientation than their less successful counterparts. Top orienteers coped more successfully with pre-competition anxiety by lowering their anxiety to a more moderate level prior to the actual performance.

שפה מקוריתאנגלית
עמודים (מ-עד)39-48
מספר עמודים10
כתב עתJournal of Sports Sciences
כרך4
מספר גיליון1
מזהי עצם דיגיטלי (DOIs)
סטטוס פרסוםפורסם - 1986
פורסם באופן חיצוניכן

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