A Theory of Challenge and Threat States in Athletes

By Marc V Jones, C. Meijen, P. McCarthy, David Sheffield. 2009

236 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Applied Psychology, Developmental and Educational Psychology, Social Psychology

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How researchers see this paper

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In Applied Psychology

1. M. Turner
2. P. McCarthy
3. Jamie B. Barker
4. C. Lundqvist
5. Mustafa Sarkar
6. D. Fletcher

In Developmental and Educational Psychology

1. M. Turner
2. P. Freeman
3. P. McCarthy
4. Jamie B. Barker
5. C. Lundqvist

In Social Psychology

1. J. O’Brien
2. M. Turner
3. P. Freeman
4. P. McCarthy
5. Jamie B. Barker
6. Adrian Hase
7. C. Lundqvist
8. L. Moore

Citations in the corpus

• Well-being in competitive sports—The feel-good factor? A review of conceptual considerations of well-being (2011, background): “The increased interest in including the construct of well-being in studies has likely been stimulated by the view that a high level of psychological functioning, adaptive short-term responses of emotions and long-term affects among athletes are crucial to perform optimally in high-pressure environme”
• The Relationship Between Challenge and Threat States and Performance: A Systematic Review (2019, background): “…to more negative emotions, unfavourable interpretations of emotions, impaired cognitive functioning, decision-making and anaerobic power, greater self-regulation, increased reinvestment and avoidance coping, and less effective attention, which may in turn impair performance (Jones et al., 2009).”
• Positive emotion in sport performance: current status and future directions (2011, background): “The ensuing research inquiry raised many controversial issues for researchers because they discovered that the frequency, intensity and direction of emotions were ephemeral and, rather than acting alone, they acted in concert with other transitory subcomponents of performance such as motivation, sel”
• Examining the Efficacy of Rational-Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) on Irrational Beliefs and Anxiety in Elite Youth Cricketers (2013, background): “Also, the mechanisms by which REBT can change emotional experience should be investigated using psychophysiological markers (eg, Heart Rate, Total Peripheral Resistance, Preejection Period, Cardiac Output; see Jones, Meijen, McCarthy, & Sheffield, 2009 ), offering objective data from which to draw ”