The comparison to other athletes and the resulting effects on emotion, motivation and effort
investment are a natural and integral part of sports performance. The current study tested a …

The purpose of this experiment was to investigate whether prosocial and antisocial
teammate behaviors affect emotions (ie, happiness, anxiety, anger), attention, and …

It is well documented that competition can affect performance and emotion in sport.
However, our understanding of the comparative effects of individual and team competitions …

Athletes' precompetitive appraisal is important because it determines emotions, which may
impact performance. When part of a team, athletes perform their appraisal within a social …

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships between athletes' perceptions of
the motivational climate (caring, task-, and ego-involving) to their levels of compassion, self …

Performance is dependent upon both physical and psychological factors. As a social animal,
human behaviors are influenced by interactions with others. Empathy is based on social …

This study explored whether gender differences exist in social support, optimism/pessimism,
and psychological well-being among university student athletes and examined the …

The purpose of the study was to assess if athletes who perceived their anxiety as debilitative
to performance also scored higher on ratings of coping styles used to handle trait shame …

GOAL: The goal of this study was to test the impact of cohesiveness and coaches' controlling
interpersonal style on athletes' perceptions of autonomy, competence and relatedness. A …

Sport has been identified as a context in which youth encounter positive and negative
experiences. However, relatively little is known about the factors that lead to positive and …