Vaughan Robert S, Hagyard Jack D, Brimmell Jack, Edwards Elizabeth J
School of Education, Language, and Psychology, York St John University, York, UK.
School of Education, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
J Sports Sci. 2021 Mar;39(6):629-637. doi: 10.1080/02640414.2020.1840039. Epub 2020 Oct 24.
Research attests to the important contributions of emotional, athletic, and cognitive expertise for sport performance. However, little is known regarding the interplay between trait emotional intelligence, athletic expertise, and working memory. The aim of this research was to examine the interplay between working memory (emotional, capacity and ability), trait emotional intelligence and athletic expertise. In total, 437 participants aged between 18 and 27 years with a range of athletic expertise (i.e., non-athlete n = 96, novice n = 92, amateur n = 85, elite n = 83, and super-elite n = 81) completed the Trait Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire Short Form, an Emotion Recognition Task (i.e., working memory-emotional), a Spatial Span Task (i.e., working memory-capacity), and a Spatial Working Memory Test (i.e., working memory-ability). Structural equation modelling indicated a significant positive relationship between trait emotional intelligence and all three components of working memory (i.e., emotional, capacity and ability). Also, this differed over athletic expertise whereby those with more expertise reported larger effects than those with less expertise. These findings suggest that trait emotional intelligence is important for working memory in athletes. Moreover, the link between cognitive and affective processes are increasingly relevant as athletes develop expertise levels.
研究证明了情绪、运动和认知专长对运动表现的重要贡献。然而，关于特质情绪智力、运动专长和工作记忆之间的相互作用，我们所知甚少。本研究的目的是考察工作记忆（情绪、容量和能力）、特质情绪智力和运动专长之间的相互作用。共有437名年龄在18至27岁之间、具有不同运动专长水平的参与者（即非运动员n = 96、新手n = 92、业余选手n = 85、精英n = 83和超级精英n = 81）完成了特质情绪智力量表简版、一项情绪识别任务（即工作记忆 - 情绪）、一项空间广度任务（即工作记忆 - 容量）和一项空间工作记忆测试（即工作记忆 - 能力）。结构方程模型表明，特质情绪智力与工作记忆的所有三个组成部分（即情绪、容量和能力）之间存在显著的正相关关系。此外，这种关系在不同运动专长水平上存在差异，专长水平较高的人所报告的影响比专长水平较低的人更大。这些发现表明，特质情绪智力对运动员的工作记忆很重要。此外，随着运动员专长水平的发展，认知和情感过程之间的联系变得越来越重要。
