Knief, Amira Nele (2022) Towards a Better Understanding of Performance Under Pressure: A Longitudinal Field Experiment Among Ballet Dancers. Master thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
In pressure situations, athletes are often not able to retrieve their true potential, experiencing considerable performance losses. Cognitive distraction is presumed to be the reason thereof, putatively being amendable through mental practice. To test this, a longitudinal field experiment was conducted with eight measurement points across baseline, intervention, and control as well as pressure versus non-pressure contexts. Participants were 25 amateur ballet dancers (92% female; mean age = 24.36) from a Dutch ballet school. No empirical evidence was found for the effectiveness of the mental practice intervention or the mediated relationship between perceived pressure, cognitive distraction, and performance. Identified possible reasons for these unexpected results were a) the assumable unsuitability of the implemented mental practice intervention, b) participants’ study-independent visualization tendencies, and c) ballet dancers potentially not experiencing performance losses under pressure. Practical implications, strengths, limitations, and future research possibilities are discussed.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Master) |
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| Supervisor name: | Yperen, N. van and Hartigh, J.R. den |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | Talent Development and Creativity (TDC) [Master Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 26 Aug 2022 13:45 |
| Last Modified: | 26 Aug 2022 13:45 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/1340 |
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