Impact of emotional and motivational regulation on putting performance: a frontal alpha asymmetry study
Background The efficacy of emotional and motivational regulation can determine athletic performance. Giving the short duration and fast changing nature of emotions experienced by athletes in competition, it is important to examine the temporal dynamics of emotional and motivational regulation. The a...
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| author | Tai-Ting Chen Kuo-Pin Wang Ming-Yang Cheng Yi-Ting Chang Chung-Ju Huang Tsung-Min Hung |
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| description | Background The efficacy of emotional and motivational regulation can determine athletic performance. Giving the short duration and fast changing nature of emotions experienced by athletes in competition, it is important to examine the temporal dynamics of emotional and motivational regulation. The aim of this study was to investigate emotional and motivational regulation as measured by frontal alpha asymmetry in skilled golfers during putting performance after a performance failure. Methods Twenty skilled university golfers were recruited and requested to perform 40 putts at an individualized difficulty level of 40–60% successful putting rate. Trials immediately after a failed putt were selected for analysis. Successful performances were those trials where a hole was and unsuccessful performances were those that failed. The frontal alpha asymmetry index of LnF4-LnF3 was derived for statistical analysis. Results (1) Successful performance was preceded by a larger frontal alpha asymmetry index at T2 than that of T1, and (2) a larger frontal alpha asymmetry index was observed for unsuccessful performance than for successful performance at T1. Discussion The results suggest that successful emotional and motivational regulation was characterized by a progressive increase of frontal alpha asymmetry, which led to subsequent putting success when facing an emotionally provocative putting failure. These findings shed light on the application of frontal alpha asymmetry for the understanding and enhancement of emotional and motivational regulation during sport performance. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f39b8c29586f449d97fd06542cd51f1b2023-12-03T11:00:16ZengPeerJ Inc.PeerJ2167-83592019-04-017e677710.7717/peerj.6777Impact of emotional and motivational regulation on putting performance: a frontal alpha asymmetry studyTai-Ting Chen0Kuo-Pin Wang1Ming-Yang Cheng2Yi-Ting Chang3Chung-Ju Huang4Tsung-Min Hung5Departement of Physical Education, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, TaiwanDepartement of Physical Education, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, TaiwanFaculty of Psychology and Sport Science, Universität Bielefeld, Bielefeld, GermanyDepartement of Physical Education, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, TaiwanGraduate Institute of Sport Pedagogy, University of Taipei, Taipei, TaiwanDepartment of Physical Education & Institute for Research Excellence in Learning Science, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, TaiwanBackground The efficacy of emotional and motivational regulation can determine athletic performance. Giving the short duration and fast changing nature of emotions experienced by athletes in competition, it is important to examine the temporal dynamics of emotional and motivational regulation. The aim of this study was to investigate emotional and motivational regulation as measured by frontal alpha asymmetry in skilled golfers during putting performance after a performance failure. Methods Twenty skilled university golfers were recruited and requested to perform 40 putts at an individualized difficulty level of 40–60% successful putting rate. Trials immediately after a failed putt were selected for analysis. Successful performances were those trials where a hole was and unsuccessful performances were those that failed. The frontal alpha asymmetry index of LnF4-LnF3 was derived for statistical analysis. Results (1) Successful performance was preceded by a larger frontal alpha asymmetry index at T2 than that of T1, and (2) a larger frontal alpha asymmetry index was observed for unsuccessful performance than for successful performance at T1. Discussion The results suggest that successful emotional and motivational regulation was characterized by a progressive increase of frontal alpha asymmetry, which led to subsequent putting success when facing an emotionally provocative putting failure. These findings shed light on the application of frontal alpha asymmetry for the understanding and enhancement of emotional and motivational regulation during sport performance.https://peerj.com/articles/6777.pdfGolfAnxietyAttentionSelf-regulation |
| spellingShingle | Tai-Ting Chen Kuo-Pin Wang Ming-Yang Cheng Yi-Ting Chang Chung-Ju Huang Tsung-Min Hung Impact of emotional and motivational regulation on putting performance: a frontal alpha asymmetry study PeerJ Golf Anxiety Attention Self-regulation |
| title | Impact of emotional and motivational regulation on putting performance: a frontal alpha asymmetry study |
| title_full | Impact of emotional and motivational regulation on putting performance: a frontal alpha asymmetry study |
| title_fullStr | Impact of emotional and motivational regulation on putting performance: a frontal alpha asymmetry study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Impact of emotional and motivational regulation on putting performance: a frontal alpha asymmetry study |
| title_short | Impact of emotional and motivational regulation on putting performance: a frontal alpha asymmetry study |
| title_sort | impact of emotional and motivational regulation on putting performance a frontal alpha asymmetry study |
| topic | Golf Anxiety Attention Self-regulation |
| url | https://peerj.com/articles/6777.pdf |
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