Testing the effects of a preceding self-control task on decision-making in soccer refereeing

The present study tested the assumption that the momentary level of self-control strength affects the accuracy rates in a sports-related judgement and decision-making task. A total of N = 27 participants rated the veracity of 28 video-taped statements of soccer players who were interviewed by a non-...

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Hauptverfasser: Englert, Christoph (VerfasserIn) , Dziuba, Anna (VerfasserIn) , Schweizer, Geoffrey (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Article (Journal)
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 16 March 2021
In: Frontiers in neuroscience
Year: 2021, Jahrgang: 15, Pages: 1-8
ISSN:1662-453X
DOI:10.3389/fnins.2021.638652
Online-Zugang:Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2021.638652
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Verfasserangaben:Chris Englert, Anna Dziuba and Geoffrey Schweizer
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Zusammenfassung:The present study tested the assumption that the momentary level of self-control strength affects the accuracy rates in a sports-related judgement and decision-making task. A total of N = 27 participants rated the veracity of 28 video-taped statements of soccer players who were interviewed by a non-visible referee after a critical game-related situation. In half of the videos, the players were lying and in the other half they were telling the truth. Participants were tested twice: once with temporarily depleted self-control strength and once with temporarily available self-control strength (order counterbalanced; measurements separated by exactly seven days). Self-control strength was experimentally manipulated with the Stroop task. In line with two-process models of information processing, we hypothesized that under ego depletion, information is processed in a rather heuristic manner, leading to lower accuracy rates. Contrary to our expectations, the level of temporarily available self-control strength did not have an effect on accuracy rates. Limitations and implications for future research endeavors are discussed.
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ISSN:1662-453X
DOI:10.3389/fnins.2021.638652