- Title
- Activation of self-focus and self-presentation traits under private, mixed, and public pressure
- Creator
- Geukes, Katharina; Mesagno, Christopher; Hanrahan, Stephanie; Kellmann, Michael
- Date
- 2013
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/65875
- Identifier
- vital:4916
- Identifier
- http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84874795343&partnerID=40&md5=5672cffda49c4f3e09557133ea401692
- Identifier
- ISSN:0895-2779
- Abstract
- Trait activation theorists suggest that situational demands activate traits in (pressure) situations. In a comparison of situational demands of private (monetary incentive, cover story), mixed (monetary incentive, small audience), and public (large audience, video taping) high-pressure situations, we hypothesized that situational demands of private and mixed high-pressure conditions would activate self-focus traits and those of a public high-pressure condition would activate self-presentation traits. Female handball players (N = 120) completed personality questionnaires and then performed a throwing task in a low-pressure condition and one of three high-pressure conditions (n = 40). Increased anxiety levels from low to high pressure indicated successful pressure manipulations. A self-focus trait negatively predicted performance in private and mixed high-pressure conditions, and self-presentation traits positively predicted performance in the public high-pressure condition. Thus, pressure situations differed in their trait-activating situational demands. Experimental research investigating the trait-performance relationship should therefore use simulations of real competitions over laboratory-based scenarios. © 2013 Human Kinetics, Inc.
- Relation
- Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology Vol. 35, no. 1 (2013), p. 50-59
- Rights
- Copyright 2013 Human Kinetics, Inc.
- Rights
- Open Access
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Subject
- Choking under pressure; Narcissism; Performance; Person-situation interaction; Self-consciousness; 1701 Psychology; 1702 Cognitive Science; 1302 Curriculum and Pedagogy
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