The relative impact of cognitive anxiety and self-confidence upon sport performance: a meta-analysis

By Tim Woodman, L. Hardy. Jurnal sport science, 2003

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Subfields: Developmental and Educational Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Social Psychology

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In Developmental and Educational Psychology

1. A. Nicholls
2. D. Collins
3. Andrew R. Levy
4. Remco Polman
5. S. Iso-Ahola
6. C. Dotson
7. Mark R. Wilson
8. J. Hardy

In Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

1. S. Iso-Ahola
2. C. Dotson
3. Mark R. Wilson
4. Remco Polman
5. Andrew R. Levy
6. A. Nicholls
7. L. Hardy
8. J. Hardy

In Social Psychology

1. D. Collins
2. A. Nicholls
3. S. Iso-Ahola
4. C. Dotson
5. Remco Polman
6. Andrew R. Levy
7. Mark R. Wilson
8. J. Hardy

Citations in the corpus

• Fostering Life Skills Development in High School and Community Sport: A Comparative Analysis of the Coach’s Role (2014, background): “The fact that self-confidence has been positively related to sport performance in many studies (e.g., Ban-dura & Locke, 2003; Martens, Vealey, & Burton, 1990; Vealey, 1986, 2001; Woodman & Hardy, 2003) may explain why the majority of coaches emphasize this life skill.”
• Self-confidence and performance: A little self-doubt helps. (2010, result): “…performance relationship show that the mean effect size is greater than that revealed for cognitive anxiety and the vast majority of studies report a positive relationship between self-confidence and performance (e.g., 89% of the exact effect sizes reported in Woodman & Hardy, 2003 were positive).”
• Spatial thinking in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics: Elementary teachers' beliefs, perceptions, and self‐efficacy (2021, background): “…the problem correctly and confidence in one's skill, replicating a well-established relationship between anxiety, confidence, and performance seen in other domains such as sports and tests of academic or cognitive performance (see Compte & Postlewaite, 2004; Woodman & Hardy, 2003 for reviews).”
• The relationship between transformational leadership behaviors, psychological, and training outcomes in elite military recruits☆ (2010, background): “Self-confidence and self-efficacy have been shown to be an important determinant of performance in a number of settings, including business (e.g., Stajkovic & Luthans, 1998) and sport (e.g., Woodman & Hardy, 2003).”
• Psychological Momentum: Why Success Breeds Success (2014, positive): “Finally, in a meta-analysis designed to determine the effects of self-confidence on sport performance, Woodman and Hardy (2003) found a significant overall “effect size” (0.24) for this relationship; additionally, the effect size for high-standard competition (0.33) was significantly higher than…”
• The relationship between multidimensional competitive anxiety, cognitive threat appraisal, and coping strategies: A multi-sport study (2012, background): “As a result, considerable advances have occurred concerning the nature and the role of competitive anxiety in sport (Woodman & Hardy, 2003).”
• Coping self-efficacy, pre-competitive anxiety, and subjective performance among athletes (2010, background): “Differences in both self-efficacy beliefs (Lirgg, 1991) and state anxiety (Woodman & Hardy, 2003) have been found between the sexes and differences in anxiety between athletes competing in either individual or team sports (Martens et al., 1990) or athletes competing at different standards of…”
• Refining and regaining skills in fixation/diversification stage performers: the Five-A Model (2011, background): “While research shows positive relationships between performance and confidence (Woodman & Hardy, 2003 ) as well as identifying various sources of confidence (Hays et al, 2007 , 2009 ), greater research is required from a practitioner's perspective as to how these sources of confidence can be ”
• A path analysis of stress appraisals, emotions, coping, and performance satisfaction among athletes (2012, background): “Two meta-analyses by Craft, Magyar, Becker, and Feltz (2003) and Woodman and Hardy (2003) suggest that there is a negative relationship between anxiety and sporting performance.”
• From processing efficiency to attentional control: a mechanistic account of the anxiety–performance relationship (2008, background): “Thus, the degree of internal control possible with laboratory work needs to be weighed against the insights gained into the coping strategies of elite athletes during more realistic sporting situations (c.f., Woodman & Hardy, 2003).”
• Effects of Attentional Focus on Skilled Performance in Golf (2009, neutral): “Woodman and Hardy (2003) proposed that somatic anxiety has a more significant effect on the performance of tasks that threaten physical bodily harm (eg, rock climbing or rugby), whereas cognitive anxiety has a greater effect on the performance of passive, ego-threatening tasks (eg, golf or archery)”
• Self-talk and gross motor skill performance: An experimental approach? (2005, background): “Furthermore, a meta-analysis by Woodman and Hardy (2003) demonstrated the both self-confidence and anxiety significantly impacted on sporting performance.”
• Mindfulness and acceptance approaches to sporting performance enhancement: a systematic review (2017, neutral): “…have consistently established that optimal performance is associated with internal experiences like mood (Beedie, Terry, & Lane, 2000), self-confidence (Craft, Magyar, Becker, & Feltz, 2003; Moritz, Feltz, Fahrbach, & Mack, 2000; Woodman & Hardy, 2003), and anxiety (Jokela & Hanin, 1999).”