Koehn, Stefan and Morris, Tony and Watt, Anthony (2014) Imagery Intervention to Increase Flow State and Performance in Competition. Sport Psychologist, 28 (1). pp. 48-59. ISSN 0888-4781
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Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of an imagery intervention for enhancing the experience of flow state and performance in junior athletes. On the basis of previous results, a tailored imagery script was developed to target critical flow dimensions, namely challenge-skills balance, clear goals, concentration on the task, and sense of control. It was hypothesised that the use of cognitive and motivational imagery would increase specific flow dimensions, which, in turn, would enhance flow state and competition performance. Participants in a single-case, multiple baseline A-B design study were four nationally ranked athletes. Following a 6-week baseline phase monitoring flow state and performance and a 6-week intervention phase, three participants showed a sustained increase in flow experiences, and all four participants improved their service performance, groundstroke performance, and ranking-list position.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information and Comments: | As accepted for publication. |
| Faculty / Department: | Faculty of Human and Digital Sciences > School of Health and Sport Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Stefan Koehn |
| Date Deposited: | 11 Jul 2016 09:38 |
| Last Modified: | 18 Apr 2020 10:09 |
| URI: | https://hira.hope.ac.uk/id/eprint/1576 |
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