Decarli Gisella, Vitali Francesca, Zasso Simone, Franchin Laura
Department of Psychology and Cognitive Science, University of Trento, Italy.
Department of Neurosciences, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
Psychol Sport Exerc. 2024 Jul;73:102651. doi: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2024.102651. Epub 2024 Apr 25.
The present study aimed to investigate the impact of coaches' pleasant and unpleasant facial expressions on affects and team performance of young elite female synchronized ice-skaters.
Initially, the coach provided a neutral explanation of the exercise, which was followed by the athletes' execution. The ice-skaters then received either pleasant or unpleasant feedback from the coach, completed two questionnaires, and performed the exercise again. The study involved two familiar and two unfamiliar coaches.
Coaches' pleasant expressions increased athletes' arousal/hedonic tone and positive affect, while coaches' unpleasant expressions heightened athletes' negative affect. Moreover, participants significantly performed better after receiving an unpleasant facial expression by the coach. Receiving pleasant/unpleasant feedback from a familiar or unfamiliar coach did not have a significant impact on team pre- and post-feedback performance.
The findings suggest that coaches' facial expressions impacted athletes' positive/negative affect, and that, under specific circumstances, receiving unpleasant feedback from the coach can improve team performance.
本研究旨在调查教练愉快和不愉快的面部表情对年轻优秀女子花样滑冰运动员的情感和团队表现的影响。
最初，教练对练习进行中立的讲解，随后运动员进行练习。花样滑冰运动员随后从教练那里收到愉快或不愉快的反馈，完成两份问卷，并再次进行练习。该研究涉及两名熟悉的教练和两名不熟悉的教练。
教练愉快的表情增加了运动员的唤醒/享乐基调以及积极情感，而教练不愉快的表情则加剧了运动员的消极情感。此外，在收到教练不愉快的面部表情后，参与者的表现显著更好。从熟悉或不熟悉的教练那里收到愉快/不愉快的反馈对团队反馈前后的表现没有显著影响。
研究结果表明，教练的面部表情会影响运动员的积极/消极情感，并且在特定情况下，从教练那里收到不愉快的反馈可以提高团队表现。
