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Integrating theories of self-control and motivation to advance endurance performance
journal contribution
posted on 2018-06-01, 13:49 authored by Ian TaylorIan Taylor, Ruth Boat, Stephen L. MurphySelf-control is a burgeoning research topic within sport and motivational psychology. Following efforts to define and contextualize self-control, characteristics of self-control are considered that have important implications for sport performance. We describe and evaluate various theoretical perspectives on self-control, including limited resources, shifting priorities, and opportunity-costs. The research described includes sport-specific research but also studies that focus on general motivational principles that look beyond sport-specific phenomena. We propose that attentional, rather than limited resource, explanations of self-control have more value for athletic performance. Moreover, we integrate self-control ideas with descriptions of motivational phenomena to derive novel hypotheses concerning how self-control can be optimized during sport performance. We explain how minimizing desire-goal conflicts by fusing self-control processes and performance goals can delay aversive consequences of self-control that may impede performance. We also suggest that autonomous performance goals are an important motivational input that enhances the effectiveness of self-control processes by a) reducing the salience of the desire to reduce performance-related discomfort, b) increasing attentional resources towards optimal performance, and c) optimizing monitoring and modification of self-control processes. These extensions to knowledge help map out empirical agenda which may drive theoretical advances and deepen understanding of how to improve self-control during performance.
History
School
- Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences
Published in
International Review of Sport and Exercise PsychologyVolume
13Issue
1Pages
1-20Citation
TAYLOR, I.M., BOAT, R. and MURPHY, S.L., Integrating theories of self-control and motivation to advance endurance performance. International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 13(1), pp. 1-20.Publisher
© Taylor & Francis (Routledge)Version
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
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This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Acceptance date
2018-05-14Publication date
2018-06-29Copyright date
2020Notes
This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology on 29 Jun 2018, available online: https://doi.org/10.1080/1750984X.2018.1480050ISSN
1750-984XPublisher version
Language
- en