TY - JOUR
T1 - Evaluative Criteria and Consequences Associated with Failure and Success for Elite Athletes and Performing Artists
AU - Conroy, David E.
AU - Poczwardowski, Artur
AU - Henschen, Keith P.
N1 - Funding Information:
Manuscript submitted 20 March 2000; revision received 20 August 2000. This research was supported by a faculty seed grant from the University of Utah to the third author. Address correspondence to David E. Conroy, Department of Kinesiology, 267 Rec Hall, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802-5702. Email: [email protected]
Copyright:
Copyright 2012 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2001/9
Y1 - 2001/9
N2 - Fears of failure and success are widely regarded as salient threats to performance in a variety of domains yet scientific understanding of these constructs is still in its infancy. Sixteen elite athletes and performing artists participated in in-depth interviews to shed light on the nature of the cognitive-motivational-relational appraisals associated with these fears. Results revealed distinct criteria for evaluations of failure and success, as well as the perceived consequences of failure and success. It was concluded that the criteria used to evaluate failure and success are sufficiently distinct to suggest that perceptions of failure and success should not be thought of as a bipolar phenomenon. The consequences of failure and success were used to form multidimensional models of fear of failure and fear of success.
AB - Fears of failure and success are widely regarded as salient threats to performance in a variety of domains yet scientific understanding of these constructs is still in its infancy. Sixteen elite athletes and performing artists participated in in-depth interviews to shed light on the nature of the cognitive-motivational-relational appraisals associated with these fears. Results revealed distinct criteria for evaluations of failure and success, as well as the perceived consequences of failure and success. It was concluded that the criteria used to evaluate failure and success are sufficiently distinct to suggest that perceptions of failure and success should not be thought of as a bipolar phenomenon. The consequences of failure and success were used to form multidimensional models of fear of failure and fear of success.
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U2 - 10.1080/104132001753144428
DO - 10.1080/104132001753144428
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0035615758
SN - 1041-3200
VL - 13
SP - 300
EP - 322
JO - Journal of Applied Sport Psychology
JF - Journal of Applied Sport Psychology
IS - 3
ER -