Interaction of mindfulness disposition and instructional self-talk on motor performance: a laboratory exploration

Autor: Yi-Hsiang Chiu, Frank J.H. Lu, Diane L. Gill, Tzu-Wen Lin, Chiu-Chen Chang, Shu-Ching Wu
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: PeerJ, Vol 7, p e7034 (2019)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2167-8359
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.7034
Popis: In considering that high mindfulness disposition individuals possess a unique ability to maintain attention and awareness, and attention is one of the key mechanisms of instructional self-talk, the purpose of this study was to examine the interaction of mindfulness disposition and instructional self-talk on motor performance. Forty-nine college students (M age = 18.96 ± 1.08) with high/low mindfulness disposition (high n = 23; low n = 26) selected out of 126 college students performed a discrete motor task (standing long jump) and a continuous motor task (line tracking task) under instructional and unrelated self-talk conditions. Two separate 2 (self-talk type) X 2 (high/low mindfulness) mixed design ANOVA statistical analyses indicated that mindfulness disposition interacted with unrelated self-talk in the line tracking task. Specifically, low mindfulness participants performed poorer than high mindfulness participants in line tracking task under unrelated self-talk. Further, participants performed better in both standing long jump and line tracking under instructional self-talk than unrelated self-talk. Results not only revealed the triangular relationships among mindfulness, self-talk, and motor performance but also indirectly support the role of attention in self-talk effectiveness. Limitations, future research directions, and practical implications were discussed.
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