Imagining Success: Multiple Achievement Goals and the Effectiveness of Imagery

Tim Blankert; Melvyn R. W. Hamstra

doi:10.1080/01973533.2016.1255947

Imagining Success: Multiple Achievement Goals and the Effectiveness of Imagery

Tim Blankert, Melvyn R. W. Hamstra^*

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Abstract

Abstract imagery (richly imagining carrying out a task successfully) is a popular performance-enhancement tool in many domains. This experiment sought to test whether pursuing two achievement goals (vs. One) benefits performance after an imagery exercise. We examined mastery goals (aiming to improve skill level) and performance goals (aiming to outperform others) among 65 tennis players who were assigned to a mastery goal condition, a performance goal condition, or a mastery goal and performance goal condition. After reading instructions for a service task, which included the goal manipulation, participants completed 20 tennis services. They then completed an imagery exercise and, finally, completed another 20 services. Postimagery service performance was better in the dual-goal condition than in the other conditions.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	60-67
Journal	Basic and Applied Social Psychology
Volume	39
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/01973533.2016.1255947
Publication status	Published - 2017

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