TY - JOUR
T1 - Imagining Success: Multiple Achievement Goals and the Effectiveness of Imagery
AU - Blankert, Tim
AU - Hamstra, Melvyn R. W.
N1 - data source is individual research participants (questionnaires, task performance scores); available to access data via second author
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
U2 - 10.1080/01973533.2016.1255947
DO - 10.1080/01973533.2016.1255947
M3 - Article
C2 - 28366970
SN - 0197-3533
VL - 39
SP - 60
EP - 67
JO - Basic and Applied Social Psychology
JF - Basic and Applied Social Psychology
IS - 1
ER -