When Anger Motivates: Approach States Selectively Influence Running Performance
Emotional states are thought to influence athletic performance. Emotions characterized by high arousal enhance exercise performance. Extant research has focused on the valence and arousal dimensions of emotions, but not whether the motivational dimension (the extent to which the emotion engenders ap...
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| author | Grace E. Giles Grace E. Giles Carlene A. Horner Eric Anderson Eric Anderson Grace M. Elliott Tad T. Brunyé Tad T. Brunyé |
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| description | Emotional states are thought to influence athletic performance. Emotions characterized by high arousal enhance exercise performance. Extant research has focused on the valence and arousal dimensions of emotions, but not whether the motivational dimension (the extent to which the emotion engenders approach or avoidance behaviors) influences exercise performance. Two studies aimed to determine whether films and music chosen to induce approach- (i.e., anger), avoidance- (i.e., fear), and neutral-oriented emotions would successfully induce their intended emotional states (Study 1) and whether anger and fear emotion inductions would influence 2-mile time trial performance (Study 2). In Study 1, the films and music successfully induced their intended emotions. In Study 2, run time and perceived level of exertion did not differ between emotions across all participants or among faster running participants per a median split. However, among slower running participants, the anger induction increased the 2-mile running speed relative to the neutral induction. These findings suggest that emotions eliciting approach-related motivational states may improve exercise performance, particularly in slower runners. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c0466df7fd324e5f8827c55b53d4bd812022-12-22T01:06:43ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782020-08-011110.3389/fpsyg.2020.01663555302When Anger Motivates: Approach States Selectively Influence Running PerformanceGrace E. Giles0Grace E. Giles1Carlene A. Horner2Eric Anderson3Eric Anderson4Grace M. Elliott5Tad T. Brunyé6Tad T. Brunyé7U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Soldier Center, Natick, MA, United StatesCenter for Applied Brain and Cognitive Sciences, School of Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, MA, United StatesCenter for Applied Brain and Cognitive Sciences, School of Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, MA, United StatesCenter for Applied Brain and Cognitive Sciences, School of Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, MA, United StatesCenter for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Maine Medical Center Research Institute, Portland, ME, United StatesCenter for Applied Brain and Cognitive Sciences, School of Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, MA, United StatesU.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Soldier Center, Natick, MA, United StatesCenter for Applied Brain and Cognitive Sciences, School of Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, MA, United StatesEmotional states are thought to influence athletic performance. Emotions characterized by high arousal enhance exercise performance. Extant research has focused on the valence and arousal dimensions of emotions, but not whether the motivational dimension (the extent to which the emotion engenders approach or avoidance behaviors) influences exercise performance. Two studies aimed to determine whether films and music chosen to induce approach- (i.e., anger), avoidance- (i.e., fear), and neutral-oriented emotions would successfully induce their intended emotional states (Study 1) and whether anger and fear emotion inductions would influence 2-mile time trial performance (Study 2). In Study 1, the films and music successfully induced their intended emotions. In Study 2, run time and perceived level of exertion did not differ between emotions across all participants or among faster running participants per a median split. However, among slower running participants, the anger induction increased the 2-mile running speed relative to the neutral induction. These findings suggest that emotions eliciting approach-related motivational states may improve exercise performance, particularly in slower runners.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01663/fullexercisemotivationapproachavoidanceemotion |
| spellingShingle | Grace E. Giles Grace E. Giles Carlene A. Horner Eric Anderson Eric Anderson Grace M. Elliott Tad T. Brunyé Tad T. Brunyé When Anger Motivates: Approach States Selectively Influence Running Performance Frontiers in Psychology exercise motivation approach avoidance emotion |
| title | When Anger Motivates: Approach States Selectively Influence Running Performance |
| title_full | When Anger Motivates: Approach States Selectively Influence Running Performance |
| title_fullStr | When Anger Motivates: Approach States Selectively Influence Running Performance |
| title_full_unstemmed | When Anger Motivates: Approach States Selectively Influence Running Performance |
| title_short | When Anger Motivates: Approach States Selectively Influence Running Performance |
| title_sort | when anger motivates approach states selectively influence running performance |
| topic | exercise motivation approach avoidance emotion |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01663/full |
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