Murgia Mauro, Forzini Fabio, Filho Edson, DI Fronso Selenia, Sors Fabrizio, Bertollo Maurizio, Agostini Tiziano
Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy -
J Sports Med Phys Fitness. 2016 Mar;56(3):336-42. Epub 2015 Mar 18.
Our purpose was to investigate: (1) differences in mood states between high and low performers at the beginning and end of the Girobio 2012 cycling race, and in respect to both actual and perceived performance; (2) whether the participants' mood states predicted the actual and perceived performance.
Profile of Mood States (POMS) of 72 elite cyclists were assessed the day prior to the first (T0) and last stage (T1). At the end of the race, we created two rankings, one based on the total time spent to complete the race (actual ranking) and one based on the average of self-evaluations provided at the end of each stage (perceived ranking). We compared high and low performers, considering both rankings, using a general measure of mood; i.e. the total mood disturbance.
Total mood disturbance differed among high and low performers. In particular, high performers mood disturbance did not differ between T0 and T1, whereas low performing cyclists showed higher levels of mood disturbance at the end of the race. Furthermore, we found that mood disturbance at T0 did not predict either actual or perceived performance.
The cyclists' mood states at the beginning of the race were not reliable predictors of performance throughout the race. High-performing cyclists maintained a more positive mood profile than their low-performing counterparts at the beginning and end of a multi-stage race.
我们的目的是调查：（1）在2012年环意自行车赛开始和结束时，高水平和低水平选手在情绪状态上的差异，以及实际表现和感知表现方面的差异；（2）参与者的情绪状态是否能预测实际表现和感知表现。
在第一阶段（T0）和最后阶段（T1）比赛的前一天，对72名精英自行车选手进行了情绪状态剖面图（POMS）评估。在比赛结束时，我们创建了两个排名，一个基于完成比赛所用的总时间（实际排名），另一个基于每个阶段结束时自我评估的平均值（感知排名）。我们使用一种情绪的综合测量指标，即总情绪紊乱，比较了高水平和低水平选手在这两个排名中的情况。
高水平和低水平选手的总情绪紊乱存在差异。具体而言，高水平选手在T0和T1之间的情绪紊乱没有差异，而低水平选手在比赛结束时的情绪紊乱水平更高。此外，我们发现T0时的情绪紊乱并不能预测实际表现或感知表现。
比赛开始时自行车选手的情绪状态并不能可靠地预测整个比赛过程中的表现。在多阶段比赛的开始和结束时，高水平自行车选手比低水平选手保持着更积极的情绪状态。
