Reflective practice, experience, and the interpretation of anxiety symptoms
Author
Hanton, Sheldon
Cropley, Brendan
Lee, S.
Date
2009Type
Article
Publisher
Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
ISSN
0264-0414 (print)
1466-447X (online)
Metadata
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We offer an examination of the processes athletes undertake following a sporting experience in order to learn how to interpret their anxiety-related symptoms as facilitative to performance. Six experienced, elite athletes were interviewed regarding the reflective practices adopted following both positive and negative critical incidents with a view to generating knowledge about their competitive anxiety symptoms. Composite sequence analysis procedures were employed to allow data to be considered as meaningful sequences for both the positive and negative incidents. Findings showed distinctions between the effects of positive and negative incidents on the reflective and learning processes and how this influenced the further appraisal of competitive anxiety symptoms. Support is provided for the use of reflective practice as a framework for experiential learning within sport.
Journal/conference proceeding
Journal of Sports Sciences
Citation
Hanton, S., Cropley, B. and Lee, S. (2009) 'Reflective practice, experience, and the interpretation of anxiety symptoms', Journal of Sports Sciences, 27(5), pp.517-533.
Description
This article was published in Journal of Sports Sciences on 4 March 2009 (online), available at
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02640410802668668
Collections
- Sport Research Groups [620]
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