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dc.contributor.authorZestcott, Colin A.
dc.contributor.authorLifshin, Uri
dc.contributor.authorHelm, Peter
dc.contributor.authorGreenberg, Jeff
dc.date.accessioned2017-03-23T00:31:14Z
dc.date.available2017-03-23T00:31:14Z
dc.date.issued2016-10
dc.identifier.citationHe Dies, He Scores: Evidence That Reminders of Death Motivate Improved Performance in Basketball 2016, 38 (5):470 Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychologyen
dc.identifier.issn0895-2779
dc.identifier.issn1543-2904
dc.identifier.pmid27736277
dc.identifier.doi10.1123/jsep.2016-0025
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10150/622838
dc.description.abstractThis research applied insights from terror management theory (TMT; Greenberg, Pyszczynski, & Solomon, 1986) to the world of sport. According to TMT, self-esteem buffers against the potential for death anxiety. Because sport allows people to attain self-esteem, reminders of death may improve performance in sport. In Study 1, a mortality salience induction led to improved performance in a “one-on-one” basketball game. In Study 2, a subtle death prime led to higher scores on a basketball shooting task, which was associated with increased task-related self-esteem. These results may promote our understanding of sport and provide a novel potential way to improve athletic performance.
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherHUMAN KINETICS PUBL INCen
dc.relation.urlhttp://journals.humankinetics.com/doi/10.1123/jsep.2016-0025en
dc.rights© 2016 Human Kinetics, Inc.en
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
dc.subjectsporten
dc.subjectterror managementen
dc.subjectmotivationen
dc.subjectmortality salienceen
dc.subjectself-esteemen
dc.titleHe Dies, He Scores: Evidence That Reminders of Death Motivate Improved Performance in Basketballen
dc.typeArticleen
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Psychology, University of Arizonaen
dc.identifier.journalJournal of Sport and Exercise Psychologyen
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dc.eprint.versionFinal accepted manuscripten
refterms.dateFOA2018-08-19T01:27:12Z
html.description.abstractThis research applied insights from terror management theory (TMT; Greenberg, Pyszczynski, & Solomon, 1986) to the world of sport. According to TMT, self-esteem buffers against the potential for death anxiety. Because sport allows people to attain self-esteem, reminders of death may improve performance in sport. In Study 1, a mortality salience induction led to improved performance in a “one-on-one” basketball game. In Study 2, a subtle death prime led to higher scores on a basketball shooting task, which was associated with increased task-related self-esteem. These results may promote our understanding of sport and provide a novel potential way to improve athletic performance.


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