Cognitive interference during competition among volleyball players with different goal orientation profiles.

Full Abstract

In this study, we examined interfering thoughts during sport competition among university volleyball players as a function of dominant goal orientation and outcome. In particular, we investigated the performance worries and thoughts of escape experienced while performing in athletes with high task and low ego orientation and athletes with high ego and low task orientation. Goal orientations were assessed before the start of a volleyball tournament, whereas cognitive interference was assessed on three different occasions after games. The results revealed no consistent differences for performance worries. In contrast, in all analyses we found that athletes with high ego and low task orientations reported more thoughts of escape when losing than when winning, and more thoughts of escape than athletes with high task and low ego orientations when winning or losing. The results support in part the suggestion that a high ego orientation, when not accompanied by a high task orientation, can be linked to motivationally maladaptive cognitions.

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Author information

Author/s: Hatzigeorgiadis, Antonis (A); Biddle, Stuart J H (SJ);

Affiliation: Department of Physical Education, Sports Science and Recreation Management, Loughborough University, Loughborough LE11 3TU, UK. ahatzi(-atsign-)pe.uth.gr

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article

Journal: Journal of sports sciences (J Sports Sci), published in England. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2002-Sep; vol 20 (issue 9) : pp 707-15

Dates: Created 2002/08/30; Completed 2003/01/16; Revised 2004/11/17;

PMID: 12200922, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 12/26/2008)

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MeSH headings (categories)

This article was linked to the MESH Headings shown below.

Adult
Competitive Behavior
Ego
Female
Goals
Great Britain
Humans

Humans
Male
Questionnaires
Self Concept
Sports - psychology
Task Performance and Analysis
Thinking

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