Abstract
Aim: This study explored the mediating role of sport confidence upon (1) sources of sport confidence-performance relationship and (2) imagery-performance relationship. Methods: Participants were 157 competitive athletes who completed state measures of confidence level/sources, imagery type and performance within one hour after competition. Results: Among the current sample, confirmatory factor analysis revealed appropriate support for the nine-factor SSCQ and the five-factor SIQ. Mediational analysis revealed that sport confidence had a mediating influence upon the achievement source of confidence-performance relationship. In addition, both cognitive and motivational imagery types were found to be important sources of confidence, as sport confidence mediated imagery type-performance relationship. Conclusion: Findings indicated that athletes who construed confidence from their own achievements and report multiple images on a more frequent basis are likely to benefit from enhanced levels of state sport confidence and subsequent performance.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 835-844 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness |
| Volume | 55 |
| Issue number | 7-8 |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Jul 2015 |
Keywords
- Athletes
- Athletic performance
- Self confidence
- Self Efficacy
- Humans
- Imagery (Psychotherapy)
- Male
- Factor Analysis, Statistical
- Young Adult
- Motivation
- Athletes/psychology
- Female
- Surveys and Questionnaires
- Athletic Performance/psychology