The Effect of Self-talk and Mental Imagery on Motor Performance in Adolescents
Journal Title: International Research Journal of Applied and Basic Sciences - Year 2012, Vol 3, Issue 3
Abstract
The current study examined the effect of varying combination of positive and negative imagery and self-talk(ST) on performance in adolescents. seventy five adolescents boy with an age range of 12-16 and a mean age of 13.9 years (SD = 1.45) volunteers and after completed the Movement Imagery Questionnaire-Revised (MIQR; Hall, Martin, 1997) randomly allocated to one of the five evenly sized conditions (n = 15/condition), namely (1) negative imagery , positive ST, (2) positive imagery , negative ST, (3) positive imagery , positive ST, (4) negative imagery , negative ST, or (5) control group. Standard dartboard used for this research that include 0-100 scores. Mixed-design ANOVAs revealed that performance(F=4.99,P=0.05) changed over time as a function of the assigned experimental condition. Participants in the positive imagery/positive ST condition had the best performance and participant in the negative imagery/positive ST condition had the worst performance, also participants in the negative imagery/positive ST was better than control condition. the finding suggest combination of positive mental imagery and ST as a potential technique to improve performance ,combination of negative mental imagery and ST can hamper performance whereas positive ST can remove negative effects of mental imagery.
Authors and Affiliations
Seyed Abbas Afsanepurak| Department of Physical Education, Gorgan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Gorgan, Iran, Abbas Bahram| Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciencs,Kharazmi University, Alborz, Iran
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The current study examined the effect of varying combination of positive and negative imagery and self-talk(ST) on performance in adolescents. seventy five adolescents boy with an age range of 12-16 and a mean age of 13....