Browsing by Author "Freeman, P"
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Applying generalizability theory to examine the antecedents of perceived coach support
Coussens, Adam H.; Rees, T; Freeman, P (Human Kinetics, 2015-02)Although social support is integral to the coaching process, there is only a limited understanding of the antecedents of perceived coach support. We applied generalizability theory to examine perceived coach support and ... -
The ARSQ: the athletes' received support questionnaire.
Freeman, P; Coffee, P; Moll, T; Rees, T; Sammy, N (Human Kinetics, 2014-04)To address calls for context-specific measurement of social support, this article reports the development of the Athletes' Received Support Questionnaire (ARSQ) and demonstrates initial evidence for its validity. Across ... -
Champ or chump? Challenge and threat states during pressurized competition.
Moore, Lee J.; Wilson, Mark R.; Vine, Samuel J.; Coussens, Adam H.; Freeman, P (Human Kinetics, 2013)The present research examined the immediate impact of challenge and threat states on golf performance in both real competition and a laboratory-based task. In Study 1, 199 experienced golfers reported their evaluations of ... -
The effects of perceived and received support on objective performance outcome.
Freeman, P; Rees, T (Taylor & Francis, 2008)In this study, we examined the main and stress-buffering effects of perceived and received support upon objective performance outcome. The sample consisted of 123 male British high performance golfers, mean age 25.3 years ... -
The effects of perceived and received support on self-confidence.
Rees, T; Freeman, P (Taylor & Francis, 2007-07)A sample of 222 university athletes (mean age 19.8 years, s = 2.0), ranging in standard from university second team to international competitor, completed a measure of perceived support 2 weeks before an important competition ... -
Evaluating stress as a challenge is associated with superior attentional control and motor skill performance: testing the predictions of the biopsychosocial model of challenge and threat
Vine, Samuel J.; Freeman, P; Moore, Lee J.; Chandra-Ramanan, R.; Wilson, Mark R. (American Psychological Association, 2013-09)The biopsychosocial model of challenge and threat (Blascovich, 2008) suggests that individuals who evaluate a performance situation as a challenge will perform better than those who evaluate it as a threat. However, limited ... -
Evaluating stress as a challenge is associated with superior attentional control and motor skill performance: testing the predictions of the biopsychosocial model of challenge and threat
Vine, Samuel J.; Freeman, P; Moore, Lee J.; Chandra-Ramanan, R.; Wilson, Mark R. (American Psychological Association, 2013-09)The biopsychosocial model of challenge and threat (Blascovich, 2008) suggests that individuals who evaluate a performance situation as a challenge will perform better than those who evaluate it as a threat. However, limited ... -
Examining the antecedents of challenge and threat states: the influence of perceived required effort and support availability.
Moore, LJ; Vine, SJ; Wilson, MR; Freeman, P (Elsevier, 2014-05-24)To date, limited research has explicitly examined the antecedents of challenge and threat states proposed by the biopsychosocial model. Thus, the aim of the present study was to examine the influence of perceived required ... -
How Does Perceived Support Lead to Better Performance? An Examination of Potential Mechanisms
Freeman, P; Rees, T (Taylor & Francis, 2009)Using a high-performance sample of 118 golfers, we examined the relationship between perceived support and performance. Observed variable path analysis revealed that the beneficial effects of perceived support were primarily ... -
An Intervention to Increase Social Support and Improve Performance
Freeman, P; Rees, T; Hardy, L (Taylor & Francis, 2009-04)This study investigated the effects of a one-to-one intervention designed to increase social support and improve performance using a single-subject multiple baseline design. Participants were 3 high-level male golfers, ... -
The PASS-Q: the perceived available support in sport questionnaire.
Freeman, P; Coffee, P; Rees, T (Human Kinetics, 2011-02)This article provides initial evidence for the construct validity of the Perceived Available Support in Sport Questionnaire (PASS-Q), which assesses emotional, esteem, informational, and tangible support. In Study 1, ... -
Perceived social support from teammates: Direct and stress-buffering effects on self-confidence.
Freeman, P; Rees, T (Taylor & Francis, 2010)In this study, we wished to determine whether the perceived support available from team-mates predicts levels of selfconfidence. Four dimensions of support were examined: emotional, esteem, informational, and tangible. The ... -
Reappraising Threat: How to Optimize Performance Under Pressure.
Moore, Lee J.; Vine, Samuel J.; Wilson, Mark R.; Freeman, P (Human Kinetics, 2015-06)Competitive situations often hinge on one pressurized moment. In these situations, individuals' psychophysiological states determine performance, with a challenge state associated with better performance than a threat ... -
Social Support and Performance in a Golf-Putting Experiment
Rees, T; Freeman, P (Human Kinetics, 2010-09)This study examined the impact of a social support manipulation on performance. Participants with high and low levels of perceived support were randomly assigned to an experimental support or control condition, before ... -
Stressors, social support, and effects upon performance in golf.
Rees, T; Hardy, L; Freeman, P (Taylor & Francis, 2007-01-01)In this study, we extended the work of Rees and Hardy (2004) by examining the main and stress-buffering effects of social support upon sports performance in a different context, using a different outcome measure, and a ... -
Three generalizability studies of the components of perceived coach support
Rees, T; Freeman, P; Bell, Steve; Bunney, R (Human Kinetics, 2012-04)Coaches are important providers of social support, but what influences us to perceive our coaches as supportive or unsupportive? We investigated the extent to which perceptions of coach support reflect characteristics of ...