ABSTRACT
Current research identifies affect as both a precursor to and a consequence of performance (Renfree et al., 2012; Scott et al., 2002). Pre-competition positive affect (PA) has been found to be positively correlated to wrestling (Treasure et al., 1996) and climbing performance (Sanchez et al., 2010) whilst pre-performance affect has been found to distinguish between faster and slower 10 km laboratory time trials (Renfree et al., 2012). Walsh et al. (1992) reported increased levels of negative affect (NA) in failure compared to success conditions and in collegiate tennis singles, post-match NA was negatively correlated with first serve percentage (Scott et al., 2002). A decrease in PA from pre- to post-competition (24 hours) was reported by male golfers who indicated their actual score was worse than their expected score (Gaudreau et al., 2002).
