Quiet eye training promotes challenge appraisals and aids performance under elevated anxiety
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Quiet eye training, a decision training intervention developed by Vickers and colleagues (see Vickers [Vickers, J.N. 2007. Perception, cognition and decision training: The quiet eye in action. Champaign: Human Kinetics] for a review), has been shown to facilitate anxiety-resistant performance in novice learners [Vine, S.J., & Wilson, M.R. 2010. Quiet eye training: Effects on learning and performance under pressure. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, 22, 361–376; Vine, S.J., & Wilson, M.R. 2011. The influence of quiet eye training and pressure on attention and visuomotor control. Acta Psychologica, 136, 340–346]. However, the potential mechanisms underpinning this beneficial effect are not fully known. This study examined the effects of a quiet eye training intervention on golf putting performance (mean performance error), gaze control (quiet eye duration), and one possible psychological mechanism; cognitive appraisal (evaluation of perceived demands and resources). Thirty novice participants were randomly assigned to a quiet eye or technical trained group and completed 420 baseline, training, retention, and pressure putts. Gaze was measured using an ASL Mobile Eye Tracker. Cognitive anxiety and appraisal were assessed via the mental readiness form-3 [Krane, V. 1994. The mental readiness form as a measure of competitive state anxiety. The Sport Psychologist, 8, 189–202] and cognitive appraisal ratio [Tomaka, J., Blascovich, J., Kelsey, R.M., & Leitten, C.L. 1993. Subjective, physiological, and behavioural effects of threat and challenge appraisal. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 65, 248–260], respectively. Although both groups experienced greater cognitive anxiety (p < .001), the quiet eye trained group performed more accurately (p < .001), displayed more effective gaze control (p < .001), and appraised the pressure test more favourably than the technical trained group (p < .05). The more positive appraisal arose from the quiet eye trained group reporting a greater perception of coping resources than the technical trained group (p < .05). Mediation analyses revealed that cognitive appraisal mediated the relationship between training group and mean radial error during the pressure test. Thus, quiet eye training protects against performance failure under increased anxiety by amplifying perceived coping resources, permitting performers to appraise demanding competitive situations more adaptively, as a challenge rather than a threat.
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- Authors
- Moore, L. J., Vine, S. J., Freeman, P., & Wilson, M. R.
- Affiliations
- University of Exeter (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Moore, Lee J.
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- International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology
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- Informa UK Limited
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- 2013-06
- Volume
- 11
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 169-183
- ISSN
- 1557-251X (ISSN-L)
- 1612-197X
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- 43
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- 6.87
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- en
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- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Sport Psychology and Performance
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation › Sports and Physical Education Research
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Keywords
- quiet eye training, challenge appraisal, cognitive appraisal, golf putting, gaze control, coping resources, pre-competition anxiety, decision training, novice athletes, performance failure, mediation, eye tracking, performance pressure, retention of training effects, attentional control, visuomotor control, sport psychology intervention
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