Examining the relation between emotional experiences and emotional expressions in competitive tennis matches.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Emotions consist of different components such as the emotional experience, physiological reactions, action tendencies, or emotional expressions. Assessing the relation of these components may help to better understand the role of emotions in sport competitions. Based on the component process model of emotions, the goal of the present study was to assess the relation between emotional experiences and emotional expressions.

Methods

Twenty tennis players (7 female) with an average age of 23.10 (SD = 4.88) were taped during competitive tennis matches. Thereafter, in individual meetings, after having watched themselves on the footage at pre-selected points, the players had to indicate whether, immediately after the end of a rally, they had a positive or a negative em

SUBMITTER: Fritsch J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10799558 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature