Reinvestment, task complexity and decision making under pressure in basketball

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Kinrade, Noel P.
Jackson, Robin C.
Ashford, Kelly
Date
2015-09Type
Article
Publisher
Science Direct
ISSN
1469-0292
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The aims of this study were to investigate choking susceptibility in a perceptual judgment task and to examine the predictive validity of the Decision Specific Reinvestment Scale (DSRS). A computer-based, choice response time basketball passing task was performed under low and high pressure conditions. Complexity was manipulated by depicting 3-on-3 and 5-on-5 scenarios. Repeated-measures ANOVAs revealed performance decrements under pressure with regard to response accuracy, moderated by task complexity, and a general speeding of performance over successive blocks. The DSRS was a significant predictor of poorer response accuracy under pressure in the high-complex task. Examination of the DSRS subscales revealed rumination as the only significant factor, predicting changes in response time and accuracy in the low- and high-complex versions of the task, respectively. Findings support the predictive validity of the DSRS, and highlight the importance of avoiding ruminative thoughts when making complex decisions under pressure.
Journal/conference proceeding
Psychology of Sport & Exercise
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Kinrade, N., Jackson, R. and Ashford, K. J. (2015) 'Reinvestment, task complexity and decision making under pressure in basketball', Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 20, pp. 11-19.
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This article was published in Psychology of Sport & Exercise on 30 March 2015 (online), available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2015.03.007
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