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Use of Multimodal Imagery with Precompetitive Anxiety and Stress of Elite Tennis Players
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The effect of multimodal imagery on anxiety and perceived stress was investigated in 46 male tennis players (16 to 18 yr.; M = 17.0, SD = 0.8). There were two groups, a multimodal imagery group and a control imagery group. The quasi-experimental design included pre- and post-treatment administrations of the 27-item Competitive State Anxiety Inventory to assess anxiety and the Perceived Stress Scale to assess stress. Analysis showed a statistically significant multivariate difference between the multimodal imagery and control groups on measures of cognitive anxiety, self-confidence, and perceived stress. Imagery plays a role in handling some specific types of anxiety and stress.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Coelho, R. W., Keller, B., Kuczynski, K. M., Ribeiro, E., Lima, M. C. D. A. M., Greboggy, D., & Stefanello, J. M. F.
- Affiliations
- Universidade Federal do Paraná (BR)
- Lappes Laboratory of Federal University of Paraná State
- Venue
- Perceptual and Motor Skills
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2012-04
- Volume
- 114
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 419-428
- ISSN
- 0031-5125 (ISSN-L)
- 1558-688X
- OpenAlex
- W2002969263
- Cited by
- 24
- References
- 31
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 1 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 3 · 2013: 2
- FWCI
- 3.87
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Perceptual and Motor Skills (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Sport Psychology and Performance
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychological Treatments and Assessments
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Keywords
- pre-competition anxiety, perceived stress, tennis players, elite athletes, cognitive anxiety, self-confidence, mental training, imagery training
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Anxiety, Humans, Imagination, Male, Surveys and Questionnaires, Self Concept, Stress, Psychological, Tennis, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Athletes
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