Wolfson (1997) Actor-observer bias and perceived sensitivity to internal and external factors in competitive swimmers

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Actor-observer bias and perceived sensitivity to internal and external factors in competitive swimmers

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CONTRIBUTORS:

Author:

Wolfson, S.

JOURNAL:

Journal of Sport Behavior (JSB), 20(4), 477 - 484.

YEAR:

1997

PUB TYPE:

Journal Article

SUBJECT(S):

swimming; elite-athlete; perception; social-psychology; questionnaire

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No discipline assigned

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https://secure.sportquest.com/su.cfm?articleno=456751&title=456751

LANGUAGE:

English

PUB ID:

103-343-563 (Last edited on 2002/02/27 18:44:14 US/Mountain)

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ABSTRACT:
The tendency for people to focus more on internal factors when explaining the behaviour of others as opposed to that of their own has been well documented, but evidence for such actor-observer effects in a sports context is sparse. In the present experiment 34 male and female swimmers who had just participated in an important national competition were asked to rate the importance of a range of internal and external factors for both themselves and fellow competitors. Results indicated that the swimmers perceived themselves as more affected than others by both internal and external factors. These findings are interpreted in the light of Sande, Goethals and Radloff's (1988) suggestion that people perceive themselves as multi-faceted and more likely than others to be sensitive to a wide range of influences.

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