Exploring the influence of personal factors on physiological responses to mental imagery in sport
Abstract Imagery is a well-known technique in mental training which improves performance efficiency and influences physiological arousal. One of the biomarkers indicating the amount of physiological arousal is skin conductance level (SCL). The aim of our study is to understand how individual differe...
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| author | Dagmara Budnik-Przybylska Paweł Syty Maria Kaźmierczak Marta Łabuda Łukasz Doliński Adrian Kastrau Patryk Jasik Jacek Przybylski Selenia di Fronso Maurizio Bertollo |
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| description | Abstract Imagery is a well-known technique in mental training which improves performance efficiency and influences physiological arousal. One of the biomarkers indicating the amount of physiological arousal is skin conductance level (SCL). The aim of our study is to understand how individual differences in personality (e.g. neuroticism), general imagery and situational sport anxiety are linked to arousal measuring with SCL in situational imagery. Thirty participants aged between 14 and 42 years (M = 22.93; SD = 5.24), with sport experience ranging between 2 and 20 years (M = 10.15; SD = 4.75), took part in our study. Participants listened to each previously recorded script and then were asked to imagine the scene for a minute. During the task SCL was monitored using the Biofeedback Expert 2000. Machine learning predictive models based on artificial neural networks have been trained for prediction of physiological response, as a function of selected psychological tests. We found an association among neuroticism, prestart anxiety, and general tendency to use imagery with SCL. From a practical point of view our results may help athletes, coaches, and psychologists to be more aware of the role of individual differences in sport. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d8b890fe509e4e7c957ed971cb97f1292023-03-22T10:52:37ZengNature PortfolioScientific Reports2045-23222023-02-0113111210.1038/s41598-023-29811-6Exploring the influence of personal factors on physiological responses to mental imagery in sportDagmara Budnik-Przybylska0Paweł Syty1Maria Kaźmierczak2Marta Łabuda3Łukasz Doliński4Adrian Kastrau5Patryk Jasik6Jacek Przybylski7Selenia di Fronso8Maurizio Bertollo9Division of Sport Psychology, Institute of Psychology, Faculty of Social Science, University of GdańskInstitute of Physics and Applied Computer Science, Faculty of Applied Physics and Mathematics, Gdańsk University of TechnologyDivision of Family Studies and Quality of Life, Institute of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of GdańskInstitute of Physics and Applied Computer Science, Faculty of Applied Physics and Mathematics, Gdańsk University of TechnologyBioTechMed Center, Gdańsk University of TechnologyInstitute of Physics and Applied Computer Science, Faculty of Applied Physics and Mathematics, Gdańsk University of TechnologyInstitute of Physics and Applied Computer Science, Faculty of Applied Physics and Mathematics, Gdańsk University of TechnologyDivision of Sport Psychology, Institute of Psychology, Faculty of Social Science, University of GdańskDepartment of Medicine and Aging Sciences, Behavioral Imaging and Neural Dynamics Center, University “G. d’Annunzio” of Chieti-PescaraDepartment of Medicine and Aging Sciences, Behavioral Imaging and Neural Dynamics Center, University “G. d’Annunzio” of Chieti-PescaraAbstract Imagery is a well-known technique in mental training which improves performance efficiency and influences physiological arousal. One of the biomarkers indicating the amount of physiological arousal is skin conductance level (SCL). The aim of our study is to understand how individual differences in personality (e.g. neuroticism), general imagery and situational sport anxiety are linked to arousal measuring with SCL in situational imagery. Thirty participants aged between 14 and 42 years (M = 22.93; SD = 5.24), with sport experience ranging between 2 and 20 years (M = 10.15; SD = 4.75), took part in our study. Participants listened to each previously recorded script and then were asked to imagine the scene for a minute. During the task SCL was monitored using the Biofeedback Expert 2000. Machine learning predictive models based on artificial neural networks have been trained for prediction of physiological response, as a function of selected psychological tests. We found an association among neuroticism, prestart anxiety, and general tendency to use imagery with SCL. From a practical point of view our results may help athletes, coaches, and psychologists to be more aware of the role of individual differences in sport.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-29811-6 |
| spellingShingle | Dagmara Budnik-Przybylska Paweł Syty Maria Kaźmierczak Marta Łabuda Łukasz Doliński Adrian Kastrau Patryk Jasik Jacek Przybylski Selenia di Fronso Maurizio Bertollo Exploring the influence of personal factors on physiological responses to mental imagery in sport Scientific Reports |
| title | Exploring the influence of personal factors on physiological responses to mental imagery in sport |
| title_full | Exploring the influence of personal factors on physiological responses to mental imagery in sport |
| title_fullStr | Exploring the influence of personal factors on physiological responses to mental imagery in sport |
| title_full_unstemmed | Exploring the influence of personal factors on physiological responses to mental imagery in sport |
| title_short | Exploring the influence of personal factors on physiological responses to mental imagery in sport |
| title_sort | exploring the influence of personal factors on physiological responses to mental imagery in sport |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-29811-6 |
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