Kinesiology 1070A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 32: Anabolic Steroid, Impression Management, Social Loafing
16 Oct 2018
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Self-presentation in sport: - (impression management) process by which individuals attempt to control the impressions others form of them. Maintenance of private self occurs cognitively (self is audience) Maintenance of public self is overt behavior (others are the audience) interest is only on factors that affect self-presentations to others. Primary self-presentation goals: maximize one"s reward-cost ratio: social and material outcomes, self-esteem enhancement and maintenance: compliment vs. criticism, development of identity: create and maintain a particular identity. Study: leary and kowalski"s two component model (1990: impression motivation: desire to create a particular impression, impression construction: the kind of impression management tactics that are used to make the desired impression. Motivation to engage in sport (improve physical appearance) Quality of the athletic performance (choking and social loafing) Majority of research has focused on 2 individual difference variables grounded in self- presentation theory: self-handicapping, social physique anxiety.
