A Qualitative Investigation of Music Use among Amateur and Semi-Professional Golfers.

ABSTRACT: Music use in golf receives minimal attention from both applied and empirical perspectives. Golfers, coaches, and sport psychology practitioners alike may benefit from understanding and utilizing music within their work. Since music use in golf has become an increasingly common practice, the purpose of the current study was to investigate current music use among golfers using a qualitative approach. Researchers aimed to identify potential psychological and physiological effects derived from music use during golf practice and pre-performance, given the limited empirical research in this area to date. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with ten amateur and semi-professional golfers (five male, five female, M_age = 22.9 years, SD = 5.04 years). Consensual qualita

SUBMITTER: Gabana NT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6473220 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature