Date of Award
12-2022
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts - Psychology
Department
Psychology
First Advisor
Dr. Kyle Conlon
Second Advisor
Dr. Lauren Brewer
Third Advisor
Dr. Linda Bobo
Fourth Advisor
Dr. Nathan Sparkman
Fifth Advisor
Dr. James Schaeffer
Abstract
With the growing popularity of esports, athletes may be able to experience potential cognitive and performance-related benefits as a result of watching others play esports. In the current study, student athletes were randomly assigned to watch a sport esport video or a control esport video and then completed measures of sport-confidence and imagery. It was predicted that participants in the sport esport video group would score higher than the control esport video group in the cognitive efficiency and resilience aspects of sport-confidence, as well as the cognitive general, motivational general-mastery, and motivational general-arousal domains of imagery. The overall results did not support these hypotheses, with the means between groups not statistically differing. Nevertheless, future directions regarding video game use and athletic performance are discussed.
Repository Citation
Mahon, Kelton, "The Effects of Esports on Sport-Confidence and Imagery in Athletes" (2022). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 478.
https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/etds/478
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