Ironic processing and static balance performance in high-expertise performers.(Psychology)

From: Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport | Date: September 1, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

Key words: cognitive control, counterintentional behavior, ironies of action, self-regulation

Intrusive thoughts are relatively common occurrences (e.g., Freetston, Ladouceur, Thibodeau, & Gagnon, 1991; Purdon & Clark, 1994). Furthermore, they are not uncommon to highly skilled athletes (e.g., Eklund, 1994; Gould, Eklund, & Jackson, 1992; Van Raalte, Brewer, Rivera, & Petipas, 1994). Freetston et al. (1991), for example, found that 99% of their nonclinical participants reported experiencing intrusive or unwanted thoughts. Similarly, Van Raalte et al. (1994) found that the ...

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