TY - JOUR
T1 - Coping responses to failure and success among elite athletes and performing artists
AU - Poczwardowski, Artur
AU - Conroy, David E.
N1 - Funding Information:
Received 29 August 2001; accepted 1 May 2002. The authors wish to thank Keith Henschen and Barry Shultz for their assistance in conducting study. Data collection was supported by a seed grant awarded to Keith P. Henschen. Address correspondence to Artur Poczwardowski, Department of Psychology, 213 Flint Hall, Lawrence University, Canton, NY 13617. E-mail: [email protected]
PY - 2002/12
Y1 - 2002/12
N2 - This qualitative study identified and categorized the coping responses to failure and success of 16 elite athletes and performing artists. Data from individual, in-depth interviews were inductively analyzed for content and yielded 36 coping strategies (as lower-order themes). The identified strategies extended descriptive lists of coping behaviors reported in the performance psychology literature. Categories in coping-such as problem-focused, emotion-focused, appraisal-focused, avoidance-focused, and failing in coping-were used to organize the results. Cross-domain comparisons revealed a number of qualitative differences, such as "greater motivational changes after failure" being reported only by athletes and "letting ego go in an attempt to improve performance" reported only by performing artists. Cross-domain studies hold promise for clarifying the psychological aspects of performance for sport psychology consultants, whose services are increasingly invited by nonsport clients. Accounts of general, domain-specific, and individual patterns in coping behaviors can guide future research and consulting efforts.
AB - This qualitative study identified and categorized the coping responses to failure and success of 16 elite athletes and performing artists. Data from individual, in-depth interviews were inductively analyzed for content and yielded 36 coping strategies (as lower-order themes). The identified strategies extended descriptive lists of coping behaviors reported in the performance psychology literature. Categories in coping-such as problem-focused, emotion-focused, appraisal-focused, avoidance-focused, and failing in coping-were used to organize the results. Cross-domain comparisons revealed a number of qualitative differences, such as "greater motivational changes after failure" being reported only by athletes and "letting ego go in an attempt to improve performance" reported only by performing artists. Cross-domain studies hold promise for clarifying the psychological aspects of performance for sport psychology consultants, whose services are increasingly invited by nonsport clients. Accounts of general, domain-specific, and individual patterns in coping behaviors can guide future research and consulting efforts.
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U2 - 10.1080/10413200290103581
DO - 10.1080/10413200290103581
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0036891065
SN - 1041-3200
VL - 14
SP - 313
EP - 329
JO - Journal of Applied Sport Psychology
JF - Journal of Applied Sport Psychology
IS - 4
ER -