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Teenagers Questionnaire. TranSPORTing Emotions Comenius Project 2009 - 2010. Why a survey. It was necessary to find out the habits of our students regarding their…. Happiness. Health. Sport activities. Emotions. for. highlighting the Emotion Regulation in Sport. We experienced that….
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Teenagers Questionnaire TranSPORTingEmotions Comenius Project 2009 - 2010 Milena Lato - Istituto Tecnico Plateja - Taranto - ITALY 2010
Why a survey It was necessary to find out the habits of our students regarding their… Happiness Health Sport activities Emotions Milena Lato - Istituto Tecnico Plateja - Taranto - ITALY 2010
for highlighting the Emotion Regulation in Sport Milena Lato - Istituto Tecnico Plateja - Taranto - ITALY 2010
We experienced that… • Emotions play a central role in sport performance. • Sport is an emotional experience for many athletes. Milena Lato - Istituto Tecnico Plateja - Taranto - ITALY 2010
What is emotion? Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary: “A feeling (as opposed to thoughts), such as happiness, love, fear, anger, which can be caused by the situation that you are in or the people you are with”. Milena Lato - Istituto Tecnico Plateja - Taranto - ITALY 2010
“[…] a reaction to a stimulus event (either actual or imagined). It involves changes in the viscera and musculature of the person, is experienced subjectively in characteristics ways, is expressed through such means as facial changes and actions tendencies, and may mediate and energize subsequent behaviours”. Milena Lato - Istituto Tecnico Plateja - Taranto - ITALY 2010
Origin of emotions in sport performance Emotion has a response: Some examples: • I feel happy because I score a point. • I feel disappointed when I miss/lose a point. • I feel despair when I lose a match. • I feel scared because my opponent is powerful. Milena Lato - Istituto Tecnico Plateja - Taranto - ITALY 2010
Characteristics of the emotional response 3 elements Physiological changes Heart rate Skin response Bloodpressure Muscle tension Milena Lato - Istituto Tecnico Plateja - Taranto - ITALY 2010
Subjective experience angry happiness fear sadness Milena Lato - Istituto Tecnico Plateja - Taranto - ITALY 2010
Action tendencies fear run away sadness become motionless Milena Lato - Istituto Tecnico Plateja - Taranto - ITALY 2010
How does emotion affect sport performance? On motivation Because optimal emotions can initiate and mantain the required amount of effort for a task and it’s a positive predictor of objective competitive results. Milena Lato - Istituto Tecnico Plateja - Taranto - ITALY 2010
Can anger be beneficial to sport performance? • On physical functioning, accuracy may be reduced • On cognitive functioning, impair working memory, narrowing attentional focus and reducing cognitive resources available for the task. Milena Lato - Istituto Tecnico Plateja - Taranto - ITALY 2010
Questionnaire results ITALY UK Edmonton College POLAND UK Enfield College PORTUGAL Milena Lato - Istituto Tecnico Plateja - Taranto - ITALY 2010