Abstract
This study employed a hierarchical linear model analysis to examine the effects of ego depletion and state anxiety on performance changes in golf putting. We randomly assigned 51 female college students with no previous golf putting experience to either an ego-depletion (experimental) group (n = 26) or a non-ego-depletion (control) group (n = 25). Putting performance changes over repeated trials displayed a quadratic curve, and both ego depletion and state anxiety exerted negative effects on early, but not late, putting performance. Contrary to previous findings, the interaction effect between ego depletion and state anxiety on performance was nonsignificant.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 904-921 |
| Number of pages | 18 |
| Journal | Perceptual and Motor Skills |
| Volume | 126 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1 Oct 2019 |
Bibliographical note
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Keywords
- ego depletion
- golf putting
- hierarchical linear model
- performance change
- state anxiety