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A temporal examination of elite performers sources of sport-confidence.

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Kingston, Kieran
Lane, Andrew
Thomas, Owen
Date
2010
Type
Article
Publisher
Human Kinetics
ISSN
0888-4781
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Abstract
This study examined temporal changes in sources of sport-confidence during the build up to an important competition. Elite individual athletes (N = 54) completed the Sources of Sport-Confidence Questionnaire (SSCQ) at five precompetition phases (6 weeks, 4 weeks, 3 weeks, 2 weeks and 1 week before competition). A two-factor (gender x time-to-competition) MANOVA revealed no significant interactions, but highlighted both time-to-competition and gender main effects. Time-to-competition main effects indicated the importance placed upon demonstration of ability, physical/mental preparation, physical self-presentation and situational favorableness sources of sport-confidence changed during the precompetition phase. Gender main effects revealed that female athletes demonstrated a significantly greater reliance on sources associated with mastery, physical self-presentation, social support, environmental comfort and coach’s leadership than male athletes. These findings emphasize the benefit of considering sources of sport-confidence as competition approaches; they may have implications for the design and timing of confidence based interventions.
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The Sport Psychologist
Citation
Kingston, K., Lane, A. and Thomas, O. (2010) A temporal examination of elite performers sources of sport-confidence. The Sport Psychologist, 24 (3), pp. 313-332.
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10369/4266
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1123/tsp.24.3.313
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