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Predicting race performance in triathlon: the role of perfectionism, achievement goals, and personal goal setting.
Full Abstract
The question of how perfectionism affects performance is highly debated. Because empirical studies examining perfectionism and competitive sport performance are missing, the present research investigated how perfectionism affected race performance and what role athletes' goals played in this relationship in two prospective studies with competitive triathletes (Study 1: N = 112; Study 2: N = 321). Regression analyses showed that perfectionistic personal standards, high performance-approach goals, low performance-avoidance goals, and high personal goals predicted race performance beyond athletes' performance level. Moreover, the contrast between performance-avoidance and performance-approach goals mediated the relationship between perfectionistic personal standards and performance, whereas personal goal setting mediated the relationship between performance-approach goals and performance. The findings indicate that perfectionistic personal standards do not undermine competitive performance, but are associated with goals that help athletes achieve their best possible performance.
Author information
Author/s: Stoeber, Joachim (J); Uphill, Mark A (MA); Hotham, Sarah (S);
Affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent, UK.
Journal and publication information
Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Journal: Journal of sport & exercise psychology (J Sport Exerc Psychol), published in United States. (Language: eng)
Reference: 2009-Apr; vol 31 (issue 2) : pp 211-45
Dates: Created 2009/05/20; Completed 2009/06/12; Revised 2009/10/22;
PMID: 19454772, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 10/22/2009, IMS Date: 22 Oct 2009 00:00:00)
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Comments and Corrections
ErratumIn: J Sport Exerc Psychol. 2009 Aug;31(4):575.
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