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Title: Use and perceived effectiveness of pre-competition mood regulation strategies among athletes
Authors: Terry, PC
Dinsdale, SL
Karageorghis, CI
Lane, AM
Issue Date: 2006
Publisher: The Australian Psychological Society
Citation: Proceedings of the 2006 Joint Conference of the APS and NZPsS - Psychology Bridging the Tasman: Science, Culture and Practice
Abstract: The well-established link between mood and sport performance highlights a need for athletes to develop mood regulation strategies. The present study investigated such strategies among 195 volunteer athletes. Participants completed the Regulation of Feelings Scale, a 37-item measure assessing frequency of use and perceived effectiveness of strategies to reduce feelings of anger, confusion, depression, fatigue, tension, and increase feelings of vigour on the day of a competition. The most popular strategies were “engage in physical pre-competition activities”, “spend time alone”, “give myself a pep talk”, “talk to someone about my feelings”, and “use humour”. Frequency of use and perceived effectiveness of strategies varied according to the specific mood dimension athletes sought to regulate. Strategies did not differ by gender, type of sport, or level of competition, but the order in which strategies were presented to the athletes influenced their responses. Exploratory factor analyses for each of the six mood dimensions did not support a theoretical model, which proposed that mood regulation strategies can be grouped into four types – behavioural distraction, behavioural engagement, cognitive distraction, and cognitive engagement. The present findings provide a rich source of information that may help to guide interventions among applied practitioners.
URI: http://psych.sci.usq.edu.au/research/publications3.asp?tid=7048
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