Di Corrado Donatella, Guarnera Maria, Guerrera Claudia Savia, Maldonato Nelson Mauro, Di Nuovo Santo, Castellano Sabrina, Coco Marinella
Department of Human and Social Sciences, Kore University, Enna, Italy.
Department of Formative Processes, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
Front Psychol. 2020 Apr 17;11:633. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00633. eCollection 2020.
Mental imagery is a fully immersive multi-sensory procedure that associates as numerous senses to create a mental image and process it without the presence of external stimuli. In the sport situation, imagery has been designated as the state in which people imagine themselves while effecting abilities to deal with the forthcoming duty or improve performance. Methodical analyses have revealed that imagery increases performance in motor tasks. This study aims at observing not the vividness of image but the cognitive abilities useful for the inspection, maintenance, generation, and manipulation of dissimilar classes of images, investigating modifications in mental imagery skills in competitive athletes and non-athletes. Participants were competitive athletes ( = 48) and non-athletes ( = 48) between the ages of 8 and 13 years ( = 10.50, = 1.73). The athletes had a minimum of 5 years of training skill in the sport. They completed the Mental Imagery Test (MIT). Competitive athletes showed higher scores on mental imagery skills than non-athletes. The study contributed to increase the exploration in the definite area of mental imagery, supplying an added support for the pluridimensional nature of mental imagery and for its practicality in motor and sport sciences.
心理意象是一种完全沉浸式的多感官过程，它关联多种感官以创建心理意象，并在没有外部刺激的情况下对其进行处理。在运动情境中，意象被定义为人们在想象自己执行即将到来的任务或提高表现的能力时所处的状态。系统分析表明，意象能提高运动任务中的表现。本研究旨在观察的并非意象的生动程度，而是对不同类别意象的检查、维持、生成和操控有用的认知能力，探究竞技运动员和非运动员心理意象技能的变化。参与者为8至13岁的竞技运动员（n = 48）和非运动员（n = 48）（M = 10.50，SD = 1.73）。这些运动员在该项运动中至少有5年的训练经验。他们完成了心理意象测试（MIT）。竞技运动员在心理意象技能方面的得分高于非运动员。该研究有助于增加对心理意象特定领域的探索，为心理意象的多维度性质及其在运动和体育科学中的实用性提供更多支持。
