Individual Affect-Related Performance Zones (IAPZs) have been commonly estimated using a two-dimensional affect measures (arousal by
pleasantness) as predictors of a unidimensional performance measure. Performance measures have been self-reported ratings of perceived overall
performance or objective performance scores from competition (e.g., completion time, points total, etc.). IAPZs were determined through the
multi-dimensional nature of affect and emotion but performance remained unidimensional. The purpose of this study was to use various dimensions
of performance (i.e., anticipation, decision-making, and skill execution) to estimate IAPZs and compare them with the commonly used
unidimensional measure, "overall performance." The self-reported affect (arousal and pleasantness) and performance (anticipation,
decision-making, skill execution, overall performance) ratings of 9 college club bowlers during simulated competitions were used to estimate 8
probabilistic IAPZs for each bowler. The zone for each bowler was defined by the location and range of the affective intensity where optimal
performances were more likely to occur than other performance types. Descriptive differences in IAPZ parameters (i.e., location, range, and
probability) emerged at the group and individual levels. Each bowler presented 8 IAPZs that were unique across all bowlers. The 8 IAPZs for each
bowler were somewhat different, giving evidence for within-bowler differences when using various dimensions of performance or affect. The ranges
and probabilities of each zone were used in a repeated measures ANOVA to assess whether the outcomes of the three new performance dimensions
(i.e., anticipation, decision-making, and skill execution) were statistically different from the traditional measure of overall performance
across all bowlers. Results of the analysis showed non-significant effects for affect, performance dimension, and the affect by performance
interaction on both outcome variables, range and probability. Though non- significant there were important descriptive differences both within
and among bowlers' optimal zones. The findings revealed unique IAPZs for various performance dimensions, which implies more accurately
determining the multidimensional nature of performance affect-related zones. / A Thesis submitted to the Department of Education Psychology and Learning Systems in partial fulfillment of the
requirements for the degree of Master of Science. / Fall Semester 2018. / November 13, 2018. / Bowling, Individual Affect-related Performance Zones, Individual Zone of Optimal Functioning, Optimal Zone,
Performance Zone, Sport Psychology / Includes bibliographical references. / Gershon Tenenbaum, Professor Directing Thesis; Graig Chow, Committee Member; Nicole Gabana, Committee
Member.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_661133 |
| Contributors | Drayer, Joshua Oakley (author), Tenenbaum, Gershon (professor directing thesis), Chow, Graig Michael (committee member), Gabana, Nicole T. (committee member), Florida State University (degree granting institution), College of Education (degree granting college), Department of Educational Psychology and Learning Systems (degree granting departmentdgg) |
| Publisher | Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English, English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, text, master thesis |
| Format | 1 online resource (82 pages), computer, application/pdf |
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