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Emotions and sport performance: An exploration of happiness, hope and anger
School of Sport, Health and Exercise Sciences, Bangor University, UK.
Umeå University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Psychology. Department of Sport Development, University of Northumbria, UK. (School of Sport, Performing Arts, and Leisure, University of Wolverhampton, Walsall, United Kingdom)
School of Sport, Health and Exercise Sciences, Bangor University, UK.
School of Sport, Health and Exercise Sciences, Bangor University, UK.
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2009 (English)In: Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, ISSN 08952779, Vol. 31, no 2, p. 169-188Article in journal (Other academic) Published
Abstract [en]

We conducted three experiments to examine the relationships between emotions and subcomponents of performance. Experiment 1 revealed that anger was associated with enhanced gross muscular peak force performance but that happiness did not influence grammatical reasoning performance. Following Lazarus (1991, 2000a), we examined hope rather than happiness in Experiment 2. As hypothesized, hope yielded faster soccer-related reaction times in soccer players. Experiment 3 was an examination of extraversion as a moderator of the anger-performance relationship. When angry, extraverts' peak force increased more than introverts'. Results are discussed and future research directions are offered in relation to Lazarus's framework.

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Human Kinetics, 2009. Vol. 31, no 2, p. 169-188
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happiness, hope, anger, performance, extraversion
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Psychology
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Psychology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-139722OAI: oai:DiVA.org:umu-139722DiVA, id: diva2:1143088
Available from: 2017-09-20 Created: 2017-09-20 Last updated: 2018-06-09

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