Executive function and personality: The moderating role of athletic expertise

Vaughan, Robert S.; Edwards, Elizabeth J.

doi:10.1016/j.paid.2020.109973

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“…However, the present study would replicate the findings of Achtziger and Bayer [215], who found a positive relationship between self-control and adaptive perfectionism. The use of an overt measure of self-control, as opposed to direct self-reports, may prove useful in prompting future research into the concept of self-control and warrants further investigation [228].…”

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Multidimensional Models of Perfectionism and Procrastination: Seeking Determinants of Both

Sederlund

Burns

Rogers

2020

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Background: Perfectionism is currently conceptualized using a multidimensional model, with extensive research establishing the presence of both maladaptive and adaptive forms. However, the potential adaptability of procrastination, largely considered as a maladaptive construct, and its possible developmental connection to perfectionism remains unclear. The purpose of this study was to examine the individual differences of the multidimensional models of both perfectionism and procrastination, as well as investigating potential links between the two constructs. Methods: A convenience sample of 206 undergraduate students participated in this study. Participants completed a questionnaire consisting of 236 questions regarding the variables under investigation. Results: The adaptive model of procrastination yielded largely insignificant results and demonstrated limited links with adaptive perfectionism, while maladaptive procrastination was consistently associated with maladaptive perfectionism, lending further evidence of a unidimensional model of procrastination. Conclusions: Many previous findings regarding the multidimensional model of perfectionism were replicated, along with new contributions focusing on the dual-process model and temporal orientation.

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Section: Limitationsmentioning

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Multidimensional Models of Perfectionism and Procrastination: Seeking Determinants of Both

Sederlund

Burns

Rogers

2020

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“…Yet, understanding this association between thoughts and feelings is important in sports, given their significant separate contributions to sport performance ( Davis & Jowett, 2014 ; Verburgh et al., 2014 ). Furthermore, this relationship may differ as a function of athletic expertise (e.g., cognitive performance increases alongside athletic expertise; Vaughan & Edwards, 2020 ). Thus, in the present study, we examined whether athletic expertise moderates the relationship between mood and EF.…”

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“…Moreover, assessment of EF across differing levels of athletic expertise has produced contrasting findings. For example, athletes with more athletic expertise have shown better inhibition, shifting, and updating performance, compared to those with less athletic expertise across a range of sport types ( Vaughan & Edwards, 2020 ). Other investigators showed significant differences among athletes with high expertise on some EF tasks (e.g., problem-solving and inhibition) but not others (e.g., decision-making and working-memory) in both team and individual sports ( Jacobson & Matthaeus, 2014 ; Verbugh et al., 2014).…”

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“…Inconsistencies in this literature may be explained by methodological differences between studies, including (a) variations in the tasks that were used to measure EF, (b) failing to capture EF complexity by using only single outcome measures of efficiency or effectiveness, and/or (c) investigators’ use of different taxonomies to portray athlete expertise ( Furley & Wood, 2016 ; Jacobson & Matthaeus, 2014 ; Swann et al., 2015 ; Vaughan & Edwards, 2020 ). Recent, research has shown that EF may interact with other processes to best explain sport performance ( Vaughan & Laborde, 2020 ).…”

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“… Mitchell and Phillips (2007) recommended that future investigators should investigate potential moderators of the relationship between affect and EF. As both constructs vary across athletic expertise levels ( Jacobson & Matthaeus, 2014 ; Lowther & Lane, 2002 ; Mellalieu et al., 2009 ; Swann et al., 2015 ; Vancini et al., 2019 ; Vaughan & Edwards, 2020 ), the relationship between them likely changes as a function of athletic expertise.…”

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Executive Function and Mood: The Moderating Role of Athletic Expertise

Vaughan

McConville

2021

Percept Mot Skills

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Executive function (EF) is known to be influenced by mood, but whether this relationship holds for populations of athletes and whether athletic expertise moderates it is uncertain. Thus, in the current study, we examined relationships between positive and negative affect (i.e., mood), the lower-order cortical aspects of executive function (i.e., inhibition, shifting and updating), and athletic expertise. A sample of 256 participants (55.08% male; Mage = 20.69) completed a self-report mood measure and computerized tests of EF. Individuals with more athletic expertise reported higher positive affect and better EF scores, whereas those with less athletic expertise reported higher negative affect. Structural equation modelling indicated that positive affect was related to better inhibition, shifting, and updating performance but was not related to performance errors. Similarly, negative affect was related to better EF, except for the inhibition latency score. Athletic expertise moderated all significant associations between mood and EF and higher expertise facilitated higher EF performance. Together, athletic expertise is an important individual differences factor in understanding the influence of mood on EF performance.

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Cognition and lifeguard detection performance

Sharpe,

Smith,

Williams

et al. 2023

Applied Cognitive Psychology

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Two experiments aimed to determine whether working memory capacity (WMC) and high‐order executive functions predict drown detection performance and maintenance under heightened task demands. Experiment 1 (n = 111) found a positive correlation between enhanced performance scores and higher WMC, while executive function showed no comparable association. Experiment 2 (n = 28) individuals with elevated WMC demonstrated an ability to detect a greater number of drowning events over an extended period overall, relative to their lower scoring counterparts. However, this heightened capacity did not necessarily prevent the presence of vigilance decrement, but enabled lifeguards to perform more effectively under conditions of increased bather numbers. Our findings highlight that lifeguards have a measurable underlying process that may systematically discriminate lifeguards of varying degrees of experience and detection performance. This offers a new avenue for future lifeguarding research.

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Executive function and personality: The moderating role of athletic expertise

Cited by 24 publications

References 34 publications

Multidimensional Models of Perfectionism and Procrastination: Seeking Determinants of Both

Multidimensional Models of Perfectionism and Procrastination: Seeking Determinants of Both

Executive Function and Mood: The Moderating Role of Athletic Expertise

Cognition and lifeguard detection performance

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