Training novice athletes to self -regulate during motoric practice.
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Title
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Training novice athletes to self -regulate during motoric practice.
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Identifier
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AAI9997081
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identifier
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9997081
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Creator
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Cleary, Timothy J.
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Contributor
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Adviser: Barry Zimmerman
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Date
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2001
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Education, Educational Psychology | Education, Physical
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Abstract
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The additive effects of self-regulation training in forethought, performance control, and self-reflection phase processes on novel motoric skills and motivation were studied with 50 college aged students. The participants were selected based on multiple criteria to help ensure that they were novice free-throw shooters. They were randomly assigned to one of five groups: (a) three phase group, (b) two phase group, (c) one phase group, (d) practice control group, and (e) no practice control group. All groups received identical shooting instructions and were allowed to practice their free-throws during a 12 minute practice session (i.e., except for the no practice control group). It was hypothesized that individuals who received training in all three phases of self-regulation would outperform the two phase group which would outperform one phase group, which in turn would outperform both control groups in shooting performance and in perceptions of self-efficacy, intrinsic interest, satisfaction, and performance standards. It was also predicted that the self-regulation training groups would make more technique attributions and technique strategic adjustments than the control groups and would evaluate their performance based on process/self criteria rather than on outcomes. In general, the results showed that the participants who were trained to engage in the complete self-regulatory feedback loop (i.e., all three phases) during the practice session displayed the highest shooting skill and most adaptive motivational profile. The motivational profile consisted of making technique attributions, technique strategic adjustments and using process/self criteria to evaluate their performance. Technique attributions and technique strategic adjustments were highly correlated with each other as well as with shooting performance variables. The two phase group showed comparable shooting skill to the three phase group and made adaptive attributions and strategic adjustments, but evaluated their performance using outcome or normative criteria. The one phase group obtained shooting skill scores comparable to the control groups and displayed a maladaptive motivational orientation. Unexpectedly, no group differences emerged for self-efficacy, intrinsic interest, satisfaction, and performance standards. However, consistent with prior research, self-efficacy was predictive of various self-regulation processes including intrinsic interest, satisfaction, and performance standards.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.
