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Self-talk Overcomes Choking under Pressure: An Intervention Study in Competition Based on Experimental and Mathematical Statistics Analysis

Authors
Gui Wu1, 2, Linyan Cai3, Bowen Li4, Pingping Liu1, 2, *
1CAS Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, Beijing, China
2Department of Psychology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
3Futian Shixia School, Shenzhen, 518000, China
4The Chinese University of HongKong, ShenZhen, 518000, China
*Corresponding author. Email: liupp@psych.ac.cn
Corresponding Author
Pingping Liu
Available Online 27 December 2022.
DOI
10.2991/978-94-6463-058-9_78How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Sport; Self-talk; Badminton; Competition
Abstract

Self-talk has been proved to be effective in improving sports performance. However, it is unclear whether self-talk overcomes choking under pressure and promotes performance in real competitions. Furthermore, it needs to be investigated that which type of self-talk should be used in real competitions. We conducted a field study using a 2 (intervention: pre- vs. post-, within-subject) × 3 (type: motivational, instructional, vs. decisive, between-subject) design which explored self-talk in a real competitive situation. 24 players (12 males, Mage = 28.67 years) from three teams in the fierce knockout badminton competition, used motivational self-talk, instructional self-talk, and decisive self-talk, respectively. Repeated measures of analysis of variance (ANOVA) revealed a significant group interaction effect in the unforced errors among three groups between pre- and post-interventions. Results showed that the group with decisive self-talk decreased significantly in both unforced errors and anxiety, indicating that decisive self-talk without hesitation would overcome chocking under pressure. Correlation analysis revealed a positive correlation between unforced errors and anxiety. However, both the groups with the motivational and instructional self-talk did not show this positive effect. We suggest self-talk should be dynamically adopted according to different situations

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Internet, Education and Information Technology (IEIT 2022)
Series
Advances in Computer Science Research
Publication Date
27 December 2022
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10.2991/978-94-6463-058-9_78
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2352-538X
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© 2023 The Author(s)
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