A social-cognitive investigation into the mechanisms of affect generation in children's physical activity

Article Abstract:

Post-exercise responses by 304 schoolchildren of both sexes to measures of task/ego orientation, perceived sport competence, and perceived success show the importance of achievement goal orientations and of attributional thinking in shaping their exercise-induced feeling states. The results support achievement goals theory and goal perspectives theory. Task-oriented subjects were likelier to experience positive states and less likely to be physically exhausted, while ego-oriented ones' results hinged on perceived competence.

Exercise, Exercise for children, Achievement motivation

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Predicted, actual, and recalled affect in Olympic-level soccer players: idiographic assessments on individualized scales

Article Abstract:

Elite soccer players using individualized scales of positive or negative emotions and affect (PNA) predicted and recalled with high accuracy their pregame affect. This may facilitate studies of pre-game affect and its influence on performance without distracting athletes by administering tests immediately before (or during) the performance. However, prior sporting experience is necessary to create individualized PNA scales, and assessments may program pregame affect or alter athletes' sensitivity to their emotions.

Soccer players, Affect (Psychology)

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Perceptions of the motivational climate and elementary school children's cognitive and affective response

Article Abstract:

The motivational aspects of physical education classes on elementary school children were examined. Students who perceived a climate of high mastery and moderate performance reported positive attitudes toward the class and agreed that effort and ability caused success. The findings suggested that in order to increase the motivation of children physical education teachers should promote mastery and de-emphasize performance.

Methods, Physical education, Physical education for children, Physical education teachers

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