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Introducing Sport Psychology Interventions: Self-Control Implications
Study: Introducing Sport Psychology Interventions: Self-Control Implications
Abstract: Evidence from sequential-task studies demonstrate that if the first task requires self-control, then performance on the second task is compromised (Hagger, Wood, Stiff, & Chatzisarantis, 2010). In a novel extension of previous sequential-task research, the first self-control task in the current study was a sport psychology intervention, paradoxically proposed to be associated with improved performance. Eighteen participants (9 males, 9 females; mean age = 21.6 years, SD = 1.6), none of whom had previously performed the experimental task or motor imagery, were randomly assigned to an imagery condition or a control condition. After the collection of pretest data, participants completed the same 5-week physical training program designed to enhance swimming tumble-turn performance. Results indicated that performance improved significantly among participants from both conditions with no significant intervention effect. Hence, in contrast to expected findings from application of the imagery literature, there was no additive effect after an intervention. We suggest practitioners should be cognizant of the potential effects of sequential tasks, and future research is needed to investigate this line of research.
Author: Tracey Devonport
Dr Tracey Devonport is registered as a Sport and Exercise Psychologist with the Health Care Professions Council. Other certifications include; Chartered Psychologist with the British Psychological Society, accredited with the British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences (BASES) for scientific support (Psychology) and a Chartered Scientist. Tracey was made a Fellow of BASES in 2015.
Tracey's research interests primarily lie around stress, coping, and emotion regulation. In particular she is interested in applied research with a focus on intervention development and delivery. Other research interest areas include emotional intelligence, emotional eating, self-control, self-efficacy and body image. She has authored more than 45 peer refereed journal articles, three books and 13 book chapters.
Tracey has worked as an applied sport psychology consultant for more than 20 years. She has worked predominantly with junior national athletes in sports such as Tennis, Swimming, Badminton, Judo and Netball.
Links:
Author: https://www.wlv.ac.uk/about-us/our-schools-and-institutes/faculty-of-education-health-and-wellbeing/staff-directory/tracey-devonport/
Article: http://journals.humankinetics.com/tsp-current-issue/tsp-volume-30-issue-1-march/introducing-sport-psychology-interventions-self-control-implications
Quotes:
"In terms of imagery, you don't write a script and go there you are, job done. It is a consistently evolving process really, so that you are moving along with their learning."
"If you are just learning to use imagery, don't use imagery and then follow it by a new skill you are trying to learn."
"There is so much research out there that suggests that imagery doesn't help with a novel skill. This could come down to self-control because you are asking people to use imagery which is going to be novel to them, and then you're asking to them to perform a novel physical skill. That is two repeated acts of self-control. Use imagery independent of the physical scale"
'If you want to do really well on a task, plan your day. Don't try and delimit acts of self-control leading up to that really important task."
'Every time you make a decision, quite often it is an act of self-control."
'Think of self-control like a muscle, so if you use it you are going to tire it."
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By Matt VezzaniStudy: Introducing Sport Psychology Interventions: Self-Control Implications
Abstract: Evidence from sequential-task studies demonstrate that if the first task requires self-control, then performance on the second task is compromised (Hagger, Wood, Stiff, & Chatzisarantis, 2010). In a novel extension of previous sequential-task research, the first self-control task in the current study was a sport psychology intervention, paradoxically proposed to be associated with improved performance. Eighteen participants (9 males, 9 females; mean age = 21.6 years, SD = 1.6), none of whom had previously performed the experimental task or motor imagery, were randomly assigned to an imagery condition or a control condition. After the collection of pretest data, participants completed the same 5-week physical training program designed to enhance swimming tumble-turn performance. Results indicated that performance improved significantly among participants from both conditions with no significant intervention effect. Hence, in contrast to expected findings from application of the imagery literature, there was no additive effect after an intervention. We suggest practitioners should be cognizant of the potential effects of sequential tasks, and future research is needed to investigate this line of research.
Author: Tracey Devonport
Dr Tracey Devonport is registered as a Sport and Exercise Psychologist with the Health Care Professions Council. Other certifications include; Chartered Psychologist with the British Psychological Society, accredited with the British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences (BASES) for scientific support (Psychology) and a Chartered Scientist. Tracey was made a Fellow of BASES in 2015.
Tracey's research interests primarily lie around stress, coping, and emotion regulation. In particular she is interested in applied research with a focus on intervention development and delivery. Other research interest areas include emotional intelligence, emotional eating, self-control, self-efficacy and body image. She has authored more than 45 peer refereed journal articles, three books and 13 book chapters.
Tracey has worked as an applied sport psychology consultant for more than 20 years. She has worked predominantly with junior national athletes in sports such as Tennis, Swimming, Badminton, Judo and Netball.
Links:
Author: https://www.wlv.ac.uk/about-us/our-schools-and-institutes/faculty-of-education-health-and-wellbeing/staff-directory/tracey-devonport/
Article: http://journals.humankinetics.com/tsp-current-issue/tsp-volume-30-issue-1-march/introducing-sport-psychology-interventions-self-control-implications
Quotes:
"In terms of imagery, you don't write a script and go there you are, job done. It is a consistently evolving process really, so that you are moving along with their learning."
"If you are just learning to use imagery, don't use imagery and then follow it by a new skill you are trying to learn."
"There is so much research out there that suggests that imagery doesn't help with a novel skill. This could come down to self-control because you are asking people to use imagery which is going to be novel to them, and then you're asking to them to perform a novel physical skill. That is two repeated acts of self-control. Use imagery independent of the physical scale"
'If you want to do really well on a task, plan your day. Don't try and delimit acts of self-control leading up to that really important task."
'Every time you make a decision, quite often it is an act of self-control."
'Think of self-control like a muscle, so if you use it you are going to tire it."