Journal ArticleDOI
The Role of Anxiety on Novices' Rifle Marksmanship Performance.
Reads0
Chats0
TLDR
In this article, the authors examined the role of anxiety on novices' performance on the psychomotor task of rifle marksmanship and found that state anxiety and state worry predicted shooting performance.Abstract:
In this study we examined the role of anxiety on novices' performance on the psychomotor task of rifle marksmanship. The stages-of-skill-development model suggests that aptitude influences performance while learning a skill; however, the model does not address the role of affect. Assessments for state anxiety and state worry were administered to 42 novice shooters. Aptitude and state worry predicted shooting performance (r = .67) comparable to more direct psychomotor measures used in prior research. Incremental validity analyses showed that aptitude accounted for 11% of the variance, and state worry explained an additional 34% above and beyond aptitude. The use of noncognitive assessments can broaden the understanding of skilled performance. Although aptitude influences learning a skill, it appears that novice shooters' performance is also influenced by affective states such as anxiety.read more
Citations
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI
Autonomic Response to Tactical Pistol Performance Measured by Heart Rate Variability
TL;DR: Individuals with a greater decrease in IBI performed better by accomplishing the match faster and should be used to assess marksmanship effectiveness under duress, according to this study.
Journal Article
Ready or Not: Enhancing Operational Effectiveness Through Use of Readiness Measures
TL;DR: The theoretical development and components of the U.S. Army Research Laboratory's Readiness Assessment and Monitoring System (RAMS) are discussed and data from several studies are presented to illustrate the behavioral profiles of individuals in extreme operational environments.
Journal ArticleDOI
Gender Performance in the NCAA Rifle Championships: Where is the Gap?
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors compared the performance between male and female shooters during the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Rifle Championship from the 2007 to 2013 seasons and found no differences in performance between the genders both during team and individual competitions.
Journal ArticleDOI
Recent changes in women's Olympic shooting and effects in performance.
TL;DR: It is observed that women’s performances did not diminish for the pistol or the rifle category when their number of shots were increased, and sports in which physical strength is a minor factor should revise regulations in the interest of greater gender equality in sports.
Journal ArticleDOI
A cross-national comparison of test anxiety in Swedish and Finnish grade 3 pupils: Measured by the CTAS
TL;DR: In this paper, a cross-national study was conducted to determine whether there are any differences in test anxiety between groups of young pupils in Sweden and Finland, as measured by the Children's Test Anxiety Scale (the CTAS), and whether these differences are real differences or a result of differential item functioning.
References
More filters
Manual for the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory
TL;DR: The STAI as mentioned in this paper is an indicator of two types of anxiety, the state and trait anxiety, and measure the severity of the overall anxiety level, which is appropriate for those who have at least a sixth grade reading level.
Journal ArticleDOI
Correlates, Causes, Effects, and Treatment of Test Anxiety:
TL;DR: In this article, results of 562 studies were integrated by meta-analysis to show the nature, effects, and treatment of academic test anxiety, and effect sizes were computed through the method invented by Glass (Glass, McGaw, & Smith, 1981).
Related Papers (5)
Writing Persuasive Documents: The Role of Students’ Verbal Aptitude and Evaluation Anxiety
Test anxiety versus academic skills: a comparison of two alternative models for predicting performance in a statistics exam
Jochen Musch,Arndt Bröder +1 more