Volition, Personality, and Sport Performance

When speaking of volition we refer to auxiliary (usually meta-) processes that aid an individual in generating or maintaining a state that is optimal for the individual’s interactions with the environment. This involves the control of thinking, emotion, attention, and concentration. These control processes help an individual to maintain and effectively perform an action. These auxiliary processes are required and hence activated, whenever the situation involves adverse conditions (external or internal barriers or obstacles) that cannot be mastered by motivation processes alone. The personality disposition of action vs. state orientation affects the efficiency of volition. Several studies show that this personality disposition influences many aspects of sport performance including arriving at and maintaining an optimal state for performance, control of resource allocation during competitions as well as coping with failure and stress.     «

When speaking of volition we refer to auxiliary (usually meta-) processes that aid an individual in generating or maintaining a state that is optimal for the individual’s interactions with the environment. This involves the control of thinking, emotion, attention, and concentration. These control processes help an individual to maintain and effectively perform an action. These auxiliary processes are required and hence activated, whenever the situation involves adverse conditions (external or in...     »