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Integrating theories of self-control and motivation to advance endurance performance
International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology ( IF 7.423 ) Pub Date : 2018-06-29 , DOI: 10.1080/1750984x.2018.1480050
Ian M. Taylor 1 , Ruth Boat 2 , Stephen L. Murphy 1
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ABSTRACT

Self-control is a burgeoning research topic within sport and motivational psychology. Following efforts to define and contextualize self-control, characteristics of self-control are considered that have important implications for sport performance. We describe and evaluate various theoretical perspectives on self-control, including limited resources, shifting priorities, and opportunity–costs. The research described includes sport-specific research but also studies that focus on general motivational principles that look beyond sport-specific phenomena. We propose that attentional – rather than limited resource – explanations of self-control have more value for athletic performance. Moreover, we integrate self-control ideas with descriptions of motivational phenomena to derive novel hypotheses concerning how self-control can be optimized during sport performance. We explain how minimizing desire–goal conflicts by fusing self-control processes and performance goals can delay aversive consequences of self-control that may impede performance. We also suggest that autonomous performance goals are an important motivational input that enhances the effectiveness of self-control processes by (1) reducing the salience of the desire to reduce performance-related discomfort, (2) increasing attentional resources towards optimal performance, and (3) optimizing monitoring and modification of self-control processes. These extensions to knowledge help map out empirical agenda that may drive theoretical advances and deepen understanding of how to improve self-control during performance.



中文翻译:

整合自我控制和动机理论以提高耐力表现

摘要

自我控制是运动和动机心理学领域一个新兴的研究主题。在定义和控制自我控制的背景下,人们认为自我控制的特征对运动表现具有重要意义。我们描述和评估了关于自我控制的各种理论观点,包括有限的资源,转移的优先顺序和机会成本。所描述的研究既包括针对运动的研究,也包括针对一般动机原理的研究,这些原理超越了针对运动的现象。我们建议,对自我控制的关注而非局限的解释对运动表现更具价值。此外,我们将自我控制的思想与动机现象的描述相结合,以得出有关在运动表现中如何优化自我控制的新颖假设。我们解释了如何通过融合自我控制流程和绩效目标来最大程度地减少目标与目标之间的冲突,从而可以延迟可能阻碍绩效的自我控制的不良后果。我们还建议,自主绩效目标是一项重要的动机输入,它可以通过以下方式增强自我控制过程的有效性:(1)减少对与绩效相关的不适感的渴望的显着性;(2)增加注意力以优化绩效,以及( 3)优化自我控制过程的监视和修改。

更新日期:2018-06-29
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