The Mental Game of Golf: Understanding Relationships Between Self-Efficacy, Fear of Failure, Competitive State Anxiety, and Flow

IF 1.4 4区心理学 Q4 PSYCHOLOGY, EXPERIMENTAL

Perceptual and Motor Skills Pub Date : 2024-05-02 DOI:10.1177/00315125241250166

Doheung Lee, Sangwook Kang

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Abstract

Our purpose in this study was to investigate the relationship between self-efficacy, fear of failure, competitive state anxiety, and flow among elite golfers. We surveyed 375 elite golfers ( N = 375; male = 187, female = 188) who were registered with the Korean Sports and Olympic Committee, and we analyzed their survey responses using descriptive statistics, confirmatory factor analysis, correlation analysis, and structural equation modelling. As expected, we found golf self-efficacy (GSE) to be significantly related to fear of failure (FOF). We also found FOF and competitive state anxiety (CSA) significantly related to flow. Finally, we verified a suspected hierarchical or mediating effect in these relationships such that we verified predictive relationships of flow as follows: GSE→FOF→CSA→Flow. These golfers’ self-efficacy had a buffering effect of lowering their FOF and CSA in the pathway toward flow. A suggested implication of these findings is that to enhance a golfer’s performance by minimizing interfering psychological factors, it is essential to boost their self-efficacy.

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高尔夫心理游戏：了解自我效能感、对失败的恐惧、竞技状态焦虑和流动之间的关系

本研究旨在调查精英高尔夫球手的自我效能感、失败恐惧、竞技状态焦虑和流动之间的关系。我们对在韩国体育和奥林匹克委员会注册的 375 名精英高尔夫球手（N = 375；男 = 187，女 = 188）进行了调查，并使用描述性统计、确认性因素分析、相关分析和结构方程模型对他们的调查回答进行了分析。不出所料，我们发现高尔夫自我效能感（GSE）与失败恐惧（FOF）显著相关。我们还发现 FOF 和竞技状态焦虑（CSA）与流量有明显的相关性。最后，我们验证了这些关系中的疑似层次或中介效应，即我们验证了流量的预测关系如下：GSE→FOF→CSA→Flow。这些高尔夫球手的自我效能感具有缓冲作用，在通往流动的路径上降低了他们的 FOF 和 CSA。这些发现的启示是，要想通过最大限度地减少干扰心理因素来提高高尔夫球手的成绩，就必须提高他们的自我效能感。

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Perceptual and Motor Skills PSYCHOLOGY, EXPERIMENTAL-

CiteScore

2.90

自引率

6.20%

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110