Furley Philip, Schweizer Geoffrey
Institute of Cognitive and Team/Racket Sport Research, German Sport University Cologne, Köln, Germany.
J Sport Exerc Psychol. 2014 Jun;36(3):316-20. doi: 10.1123/jsep.2013-0199.
The goal of the present research was to test whether score-related changes in opponents' nonverbal behavior influence athletes' confidence in beating their opponents. In an experiment, 40 participants who were experienced basketball players watched brief video clips depicting athletes' nonverbal behavior. Video clips were not artificially created, but showed naturally occurring behavior. Participants indicated how confident they were in beating the presented athletes in a hypothetical scenario. Results indicated that participants' confidence estimations were influenced by opponents' score-related nonverbal behavior. Participants were less confident about beating a leading team and more confident about beating a trailing team, although they were unaware of the actual score during the depicted scenes. The present research is the first to show that in-game variations of naturally occurring nonverbal behavior can influence athletes' confidence. This finding highlights the importance of research into nonverbal behavior in sports, particularly in relation to athletes' confidence.
本研究的目的是测试对手非语言行为中与得分相关的变化是否会影响运动员战胜对手的信心。在一项实验中，40名经验丰富的篮球运动员观看了描绘运动员非语言行为的简短视频片段。视频片段并非人工制作，而是展示了自然发生的行为。参与者表示在假设情境中战胜所展示运动员的信心程度。结果表明，参与者的信心评估受到对手与得分相关的非语言行为的影响。尽管在描绘场景中他们并不知道实际比分，但参与者对战胜领先球队的信心较低，而对战胜落后球队的信心较高。本研究首次表明，自然发生的非语言行为在比赛中的变化会影响运动员的信心。这一发现凸显了体育领域非语言行为研究的重要性，尤其是与运动员信心相关的研究。
