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Attentional Style Profiles and Sport Performance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 October 2014

Jeffery Summers and
David Maddocks
Jeffery Summers*
Affiliation:
University of Melbourne
David Maddocks
Affiliation:
University of Melbourne
*
Department of Psychology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Vic. 3052
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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to assess the relationship between attentional style profiles of cricketers as measured by Nideffer's (1977) Test of Attentional and Interpersonal Style (TAIS) and a performance component, playing level. A method of scoring and comparing attentional style profiles was developed. Cricket players (N = 68) at three different skill levels served as subjects. Results revealed that higher level players exhibited a higher proportion of profiles predicted to be associated with superior performance in fast-ball games, and lower proportions of inappropriate profiles, than the lowest playing levels subjects. The present results provide support for the use of attentional profile scores as a predictor of sport performance.

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Behaviour Change , Volume 3 , Issue 2 , June 1986, pp. 105 - 111
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Copyright © The Author(s) 1986

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