Moving the Dial on Agency: Developing a Continuous Real-Time Measure of Agency in Martial Arts

O Shea, Ian (2022) Moving the Dial on Agency: Developing a Continuous Real-Time Measure of Agency in Martial Arts. Master thesis, Psychology.

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Abstract

In studying the sense of agency, the sense of agency is often measured with one discrete measure to describe someone’s experience of an event that unfolds over time. It is important to measure the sense of agency continuously because it is dynamic, fluctuating over the course of an interaction. To this end, the Agency Dial, a continuous real-time measure of the sense of agency, was developed and prototyped. This device was to be tested in an ecologically valid experimental setting; measuring the sense of agency in martial arts sparring. Due to technical difficulties, the methodology was pilot tested using a functionally equivalent software, the Dynamic State Tracker. Pilot test results reveal that the sense of agency can successfully be measured continuously in real-time, in ecologically valid experiments, yielding promising results for further research.

Item Type:	Thesis (Master)
Supervisor name:	Cuijpers, L.S.
Degree programme:	Psychology
Differentiation route:	Talent Development and Creativity (TDC) [Master Psychology]
Date Deposited:	08 Jul 2022 07:21
Last Modified:	18 Jul 2022 08:52
URI:	http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/789

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