Englert, Christoph; Bertrams, Alex (2013). Too exhausted for Operation? Anxiety, depleted self-control strength, and perceptual-motor performance. Self and Identity, 12(6), pp. 650-662. Taylor & Francis 10.1080/15298868.2012.718865
Full text not available from this repository. (Request a copy)We tested the hypothesis that the interaction of self-control strength and state anxiety predicts perceptual–motor performance in a hand–eye coordination task. We predicted a stronger negative relation between anxiety and performance in a perceptual–motor task for participants whose self-control strength had been temporarily depleted compared to participants whose self-control strength was intact. In an experiment (N = 60), we manipulated self-control strength, measured state anxiety after an evaluative instruction, and assessed performance in the board game Operation as an indicator of perceptual–motor performance. The data supported our hypothesis: Only for participants whose self-control strength was temporarily depleted was there a statistically significant negative relation between anxiety and performance. Boosting self-control strength may help to prevent the potentially negative anxiety effects.
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Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
07 Faculty of Human Sciences > Institute of Education > Educational Psychology 07 Faculty of Human Sciences > Institute of Education |
UniBE Contributor: |
Englert, Christoph, Bertrams, Alexander Gregor |
Subjects: |
300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology > 370 Education 100 Philosophy > 150 Psychology |
ISSN: |
1529-8868 |
Publisher: |
Taylor & Francis |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Noemi Martina Casola |
Date Deposited: |
12 Mar 2015 16:39 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 14:42 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1080/15298868.2012.718865 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: |
Anxiety, Ego depletion, Perceptual–motor performance, Self–control, Hand–eye coordination |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/64329 |
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