Psychological Aspects of Motocross Racing Considering Expected, Perceived, and Actual Performance.

Autor: Komáromi L; Hungarian University of Sports Science, Budapest, Hungary., Tóth L; Hungarian University of Sports Science, Budapest, Hungary., de la Vega Marcos R; Departamento de Educación Física, Deporte y Motricidad Humana, Facultad de Formación de Profesorado y Educación, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain., Szabo A; Institute of Health Promotion and Sport Sciences, Faculty of Education and Psychology, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of sport & exercise psychology [J Sport Exerc Psychol] 2024 Mar 14; Vol. 46 (2), pp. 84-92. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Mar 14 (Print Publication: 2024).
DOI: 10.1123/jsep.2023-0150
Abstrakt: Motocross racing is a seldom-researched popular extreme sport. This field research aimed to investigate feeling states, perceived arousal, anxiety, and negative and positive affect in the anticipatory and recovery race periods and their relationship to expected and perceived performance. Twenty Motocross racers completed psychometric scales before and after a national championship race. Results revealed that objective performance was unrelated to psychological measures. Arousal, anxiety, and positive affect were lower after the race. Expected performance was unrelated to postrace measures. Still, perceived performance correlated significantly with the feeling state, anxiety, and positive affect after the race and the feeling state before the race. Furthermore, racers who performed as expected or better showed improved feeling states after the race compared with those who did worse than expected. The core affect of the latter group declined. This research on psychological states during Motocross races could motivate new initiatives for future studies.
Databáze: MEDLINE