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Anxiety Inventory (STAI, trait only). Two groups were given penalty kicks under the pressure
condition. They were measured the goal performance and the fluctuations of anxiety by the STAI
(state only). Result showed anxiety affected the performance.
4028.111 Research on the optimum state of the athlete, Yijun Qiu, Xianmin Liu, Wuhan Institute
of Physical Education, China
The coaches and athletes pursue the optimum psychological state to achieve best performance.
However there are not acceptable theories and methods to develop and measure such states. The
optimum psychological state is a perfect state of mood, cognition, motor skills and personal
relations. The characteristics of personal and sport events had been found. It is a key for the
psychologists to define, measure, and train the optimum psychological states of athletes. The
acquisition, representation, and spatial and time integration, and measurement of optimum states
had been discussed.
4028.112 Sports performance emotions, coping, and psychological skills of elite varsity athletes,
Sanjana KIran, Elizabeth Nair, National University of Singapore, Singapore
This exploratory qualitative investigation addresses the quality of experiences, coping, and
cognitive strategies used by elite varsity athletes. 12 athletes, comprising of six athletes
representing team sports (volleyball, basketball, and hockey) and six athletes representing
individual sport (swimming, badminton, bowling, table tennis, and running), recounted their
experiences of a recent competitive event through semi-structured interviews. Content analysis
methodology was used to surface general and emergent themes from the interview data. Emergent
themes included emotions, team cohesion, confidence, home advantage, unexpected outcomes,
coping mechanisms, and use of psychological skills. Future directions for intervention are
discussed.
4028.113 The study on the situation and developing tactics of psychological education in western
schools, Zhangkui Yuan, Hongli Wang, Guizhou psychological society, China
The Study on the situation and ways of psychological education in schools analyses the situation
of psychological education in schools in the west of China. It not only analyses and thinks back to
problems and errors in psychological education, and also inquires into the 21st century developing
tactics of psychological education in schools in the west of China in advance of psychological
education on field.
4028.114 The association of body-evaluation variables and social physique anxiety, Xia Xu 1 , Liu
Ji 2 , Jiaxin Yao 1 , Wentao Su 3 , Li Jin 1 , 1 Wuhan Institute of Physical Education, China, 2 East China
Normal University, China, 3 Hubei Polytechnic University, China
The purpose of this research was to investigate the association of social physique anxiety (SPA)
and self- and body-evaluation and exercise variables. The results of questionnaires survey (n=382)
showed BMI might be a useful tool to predict the level of SPA. However, intention to lessen
weight was not associated with the level of physical activity. It also revealed self-presentational
reasons for exercise (weight control and attractive shape) were positively associated with SPA in
both simple correlations and hierarchical analyses controlling for BMI. These results suggested
SPAS be a scientifically measurable tool for evaluating physique-related, social anxiety in Chinese
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