Biddle and Hill (1992) Relationships between attributions and emotions in a laboratory-based sporting contest

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Relationships between attributions and emotions in a laboratory-based sporting contest

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CONTRIBUTORS:

	Author:	Biddle, S. J. H. (Loughborough University)
	Author:	Hill, A. B.

JOURNAL:

Journal of Sports Sciences (JSS), 10(1), ?? - ??.

YEAR:

1992

PUB TYPE:

Journal Article

SUBJECT(S):

EMOTION; ATTRIBUTION; SATISFACTION; COMPETITION; FENCING; CORRELATION; SELF-CONCEPT

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No discipline assigned

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LANGUAGE:

English

PUB ID:

103-366-322 (Last edited on 2002/02/27 18:45:01 US/Mountain)

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ABSTRACT:
A series of one-vs-one fencing contests was staged in a laboratory to investigate the nature and extent of relationships between attributions and emotions. The experimenter had full control over the outcome and created a substantial defeat for one subject. A pre-contest measure of the importance of winning was obtained via a questionnaire. After the contest, questionnaire ratings of 12 attributions for outcome (winning/losing), 28 adjectives describing emotions, and a rating of satisfaction with performance were elicited. Factor analysis of emotion ratings of 12 attributions for outcome (winning/losing), 28 adjectives describing emotions, and a rating of satisfaction with performance was elicited. Factor analysis of emotion ratings revealed three factors of "positive self-esteem", "depression-frustration" and "intropunitiveness". Relationships between emotion factors and attributions involved primarily internal attributions. Multiple regression analyses showed that positive self-esteem for winners was best predicted by performance satisfaction, outcome importance and attributions, whereas depression-frustration was predicted only by attributions. For losers, positive self-esteem was predicted from attributions. These results suggest that attributions and emotions are related after sports competition but that non-attribution variables are also important predictors of sport-related emotion.

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