The use of mental imagery by aesthetic athletes prior to competition

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dc.contributor.authorLink, Courtney Anne
dc.contributor.authorUniversity of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science
dc.contributor.supervisorHoar, Sharleen
dc.date.accessioned2012-03-29T18:35:25Z
dc.date.available2012-03-29T18:35:25Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.degree.levelMasters
dc.descriptionxi, 64 leaves : ill. ; 28 cmen_US
dc.description.abstractThis study examined the influence of state-confidence on aesthetic athletes’ precompetitive imagery function use. Important individual differences effecting functional imagery use require empirical confirmation. Proposed is state-confidence as a factor influencing the functions of imagery used immediately prior to competition. Also, sport type may also be a moderator of the relationship and thus, is constrained in this study. Female aesthetic athletes from Southern Alberta (N = 180, Mage = 14.64, SD = 1.88) completed measures of state-confidence, imagery ability, and frequency of imagery function use. One-way ANCOVA tests revealed that athletes with high state-confidence used significantly more cognitive specific, cognitive general, motivation general-arousal, and motivational general-mastery functions of imagery than low state-confident athletes. Findings imply that applied sport psychology consultants should be more encouraging of preparation strategies with low state-confident athletes.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/2632
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherLethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of Kinesiology and Physical Education, 2011en_US
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Kinesiology and Physical Educationen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArts and Scienceen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThesis (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science)en_US
dc.subjectImagery (Psychology) -- Researchen_US
dc.subjectVisualization -- Researchen_US
dc.subjectSports -- Psychological aspectsen_US
dc.subjectSports -- Psychological aspects -- Researchen_US
dc.subjectAthletesen_US
dc.subjectAchievement motivation -- Researchen_US
dc.subjectPerformance -- Researchen_US
dc.subjectDissertations, Academicen_US
dc.titleThe use of mental imagery by aesthetic athletes prior to competitionen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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