The Effect of Different Attentional Strategies on Physiological and Psychological States During Running.

Autor:	Neumann, David L, Piercy, Amy
Předmět:	ANALYSIS of variance ATTENTION CHI-squared test CLINICAL psychology STATISTICAL correlation MOOD (Psychology) MULTIVARIATE analysis PSYCHOLOGICAL tests RESEARCH funding RUNNING SCALE analysis (Psychology) T-test (Statistics) REPEATED measures design DATA analysis software DESCRIPTIVE statistics
Zdroj:	Australian Psychologist; Oct2013, Vol. 48 Issue 5, p329-337, 9p
Abstrakt:	The attentional focus of an athlete or recreational exerciser may influence performance outcomes during running. The present study used an experimental approach to manipulate the associative attentional focus of regular exercisers ( n = 21) as they ran on a treadmill at 75% of Vmax. Participants focused their attention on their breathing, running movements, the distance travelled, or under no specific instructions (control). A focus on distance travelled produced the lowest respiration frequency, and a focus on running movements produced the lowest VO2 consumption. The distance focus was also rated as one of the least difficult and most preferred strategies. Mood states and enjoyment of exercise did not differ across the conditions. The results suggest that the attentional focus that an individual adopts can improve physiological performance outcomes during running without any negative psychological cost. The attentional focus may, thus, be an important factor in the advice that psychologists give to competitive athletes and recreational exercisers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Databáze:	Complementary Index
Externí odkaz:	Zobrazit plný text záznamu Plný text