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The Effects of Goal Difficulty and Information Feedback on the Performance of an Endurance Task

Few studies in the sporting realm have been conducted to verify the findings from industrial or organizational settings regarding the strong positive motivational effects of goal setting (Locke et al., 1981). Therefore, the purpose of the present investigation was to determine the effects of three levels of goal difficulty and two levels of feedback on the performance of males undertaking an endurance task. Performance results were analyzed using a 2 x 3 x 2 (feedback x goal difficulty x trials) ANOVA with repeated measures on the last factor. Results indicated a significant goal by trials interaction with both specific difficult goal groups improving from trial one to trial two. The "do best" group showed no significant improvements. It was also found that only the difficult, but not the extremely difficult goal group performed significantly better than the "do best" goal group. No significant differences were found between the two feedback groups. The results are discussed in terms of Locke's (1968) original theory of goal setting.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc504010
Date12 1900
CreatorsHall, Howard (Howard Kingsley)
ContributorsWeinberg, Robert S. (Robert Stephen), Thurman, Christopher Wyatt
PublisherNorth Texas State University
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
Formatvi, 93 leaves : ill., Text
RightsPublic, Hall, Howard (Howard Kingsley), Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

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