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Introduction

Research proposal outline

SELF-REGULATING STRATEGIES USED BY ATHLETES

TO REGULATE MOOD

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TABLE OF CONTENTS • Introduction to the study and problems to be

investigated• Problem statement• Overview of the study• Background of the study• Literature review • Design and procedure• Data analysis• Results• Conclusion

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PROBLEM TO BE INVESTIGATED

•The purpose of this research is to investigate how athletes use self regulation methods to regulate their moods to improve performance•Justification: There have been a lot of research on relationship of mood and performance in athletes. However, there is limited research on the antecedents of mood and how athletes tend to deal with issues of deep states of mood that may hinder their performance•Mood is an essential factor in performance of athletes hence need for the study

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Problem statement

•The objective of this study is investigating the strategies used by athletes in regulating their intense moods to enhance their performance in sports•Understanding these strategies is essential for sports behavioral psychologists•It can be used to design various interventions•These interventions can be applied to improve performance in the field

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Problem statement (Continued)

•The study also aims to investigate the existence of causal relationship between performance of athletes and mood.•It will also examine the relationship between the factors that cause bad behavior and the strategies that are used by employees to reduce negative moods

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Overview of the study

•The research will use data collected from surveys of two

hundred and seventeen athletes

•It will use statistical analytical tools to analyze the

relationship between mood and performance

•Understanding the effects of mood on performance will

help in developing interventions for helping athletes in

managing intense moods

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Background study

•Researchers acknowledge the role of theory and research

on applied sport psychology

•Relationship between mood and performance in sports

•Understanding the mechanisms used by athletes to

control mood

•Role of mood in enhancing performance

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Literature review • There are several studies on the

relationship between mood and performance and strategies used to reduce bad moods by athletes

• The relationship between scores on The Profile of Mood State and performance is the earliest research on sport psychology done in 1971.

• Other studies are meta-analysis studies that shows that mood can be used to predict performance under the fulfilment of certain pre conditions

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Procedure

• A total of 217 athletes aged above 17 years will

be surveyed• This will be a sample representative of the

general population of athletes• The athletes will be randomly selected to ensure

the data obtained is unbiased• The method of study will be questionnaire based

self-reports

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Data analysis

• Data analytical tools will be employed in the analysis of the

data collected

• The causal relationship between mood and performance will

be examined

• The strategies that cause bad mood among the athletes will be

analyzed from the responses given.

• The Hypothesis tested:

• Null hypothesis: There is significance relationship between

bad mood and performance

• Alternative hypothesis: There is no significance relationship

between bad mood and performance

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Data analysis

• ANOVA method will examine whether there is any

significance relationship between strategies used to reduce bad

mood and the various factors that cause bad mood

• Regression analysis will examine if there is any casual

relationship between performance and mood.

• Generally, causal relationship is assumed to exits but there

have been no studies to verify the extend of the causal

relationship

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Results• Results will be tabulated against their effects of the

performance of athletes.

• The moods tabulated against performance will be anger,

confusion, fatigues, depression and vigor

• Conclusions will be drawn based on the frequency and the

general effectiveness of mood regulating strategies and their

effectiveness on improving the employee performance

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Conclusion

• Conclusions of the most effectiveness

strategies that will be drawn based on

the results

• Recommendations will then be done

based on these conclusions

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References • Beedie, C., Terry, P. C., & Lane, A. M. (2000). The Profile of Mood States

and athletic performance: Two meta-analyses. Journal of Applied Sport

Psychology, 12, 49-68.

• Berger, B. G., & Motl, R. W. (2000). Exercise and mood: A selective review

and synthesis of research employing the Profile of Mood States. Journal of

Applied Sport Psychology, 12, 69-92

• LeUnes, A. (2000). An update bibliography on the Profile of Mood States in

sport and exercise psychology research. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology,

12, 110-113.

• Renger, R. (1993). A review of the Profile of Mood States (POMS) in the

prediction of athletic success. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, 5, 78-84.

• Schunk, D. H. (2012). Learning theories: An educational perspective (6th ed.).

Boston, MA: Pearson Education.