Interactive Effects of Different Visual Imagery Perspectives and Narcissism on Motor Performance

• Autores: Ross Roberts, Nichola Callow, Lew Hardy, Tim Woodman, Laura Thomas
• Localización: Journal of sport and exercise psychology, ISSN 0895-2779, Vol. 32, Nº. 4, 2010, págs. 499-517
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Two studies examined the interactive effects of different visual imagery perspectives and narcissism on motor performance. In both studies participants completed the Narcissistic Personality Inventory (NPI-40: Raskin & Hall, 1979) and were assigned to either an internal visual imagery or external visual imagery group. Participants then performed a motor task (dart throwing in Study 1 and golf putting in Study 2) under conditions of practice, low self-enhancement, and high self-enhancement. Following completion of the respective tasks, participants were categorized into high and low narcissistic groups based on their NPI-40 scores. In both studies, high narcissists using external visual imagery significantly improved performance from the low to the high self-enhancement condition, whereas high narcissists using internal visual imagery did not. Low narcissists remained relatively constant in performance across self-enhancement conditions, regardless of perspective. The results highlight the importance of considering personality characteristics when examining the effects of visual imagery perspectives on performance.