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The Contributions Of Body Awareness To “Choking Under Pressure”, Wagner Larson, Cody Larson
The Contributions Of Body Awareness To “Choking Under Pressure”, Wagner Larson, Cody Larson
The Journal of Undergraduate Research
“Choking under pressure” is a well-known phenomenon and occurs when performance is negatively affected because of perceived pressure. Many researchers have studied this topic, mainly verifying the key theories involved: the explicit monitoring theory and distraction theory. The current study adds to the literature by measuring the contributions of body-awareness to choking under pressure. There has been previous research on the concept of overthinking body movements that supports the hypothesis of the more self-aware an individual is of their body, the more they are subject to choking in a pressure induced situation. The current study aims to expand this idea …