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The Consequences of Choking in Sport: A Constructive or Destructive Experience?

Denise Hill Orcid Logo, Matthew Cheesbrough, Paul Gorczynski, Nic Matthews

The Sport Psychologist, Pages: 1 - 37

Swansea University Author: Denise Hill Orcid Logo

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DOI (Published version): 10.1123/tsp.2018-0070

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Through an empirical phenomenological methodology, the study examined the short- and long-term consequences of choking in sport. Eleven intermediate golfers (10 males, 1 female, aged 23-50 years; M = 34.6; SD = 8.9) with handicaps between 6 and 18 (M = 10.91; SD = 3.98), completed phenomenological i...

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Published in: The Sport Psychologist
ISSN: 0888-4781 1543-2793
Published: 2018
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description Through an empirical phenomenological methodology, the study examined the short- and long-term consequences of choking in sport. Eleven intermediate golfers (10 males, 1 female, aged 23-50 years; M = 34.6; SD = 8.9) with handicaps between 6 and 18 (M = 10.91; SD = 3.98), completed phenomenological interviews which explored the perceived psychological impact of their choking episode(s). While the reported short-term consequences were negative (i.e., collapse in performance standards, limited attention/emotional control and negative affect), most participants considered the long-term impact of choking was constructive, for it encouraged adversity-related growth. However, a small number of golfers identified the long-term consequences were highly destructive, including a loss of self-confidence, withdrawal from the sport, and in one case, lowered self-worth. The findings of the study extend the choking literature by informing strategies that can be used to encourage constructive, rather than destructive consequences from any choking episode that athletes may experience.
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