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Abstract
The present thesis aimed to explore the associations between mastery imagery ability, challenge and threat appraisal tendencies, perceived stress and proactive coping using a mixture of cross-sectional and experimental research designs. Chapter 2 used a two-study approach (Study 1 in the UK, Study 2 in the US) to assess the relationships between mastery imagery ability, challenge and threat appraisal tendencies, perceived stress, and proactive coping. Results of Chapter 2 demonstrated significant relationships between mastery imagery ability, perceived stress and proactive coping, at least in part due to the mediating role of challenge and threat appraisal tendencies. Based upon the findings of Chapter 2, Chapter 3 was a pilot study that aimed to assess if mastery imagery ability could be increased using an online mastery imagery Layered Stimulus Response Training (LSRT) intervention, and whether increasing mastery imagery ability was accompanied by changes in appraisal tendencies, perceived stress, and proactive coping. Results suggested that the LSRT intervention was effective at increasing mastery imagery ability and challenge appraisal tendencies. This thesis extends the mastery imagery ability literature, demonstrating its importance in stress appraisals and stress and coping. By using a mixed athlete and non-athlete, mixed gender sample, this research also demonstrates the effectiveness of an LSRT intervention in increasing mastery imagery ability in the general population. Furthermore, by using an online delivery format, this research becomes the first of its kind to suggest LSRT can be delivered effectively online.
| Type of Work: | Thesis (Masters by Research > M.Sc.) | |||||||||
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| Award Type: | Masters by Research > M.Sc. | |||||||||
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| Licence: | Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0 | |||||||||
| College/Faculty: | Colleges (2008 onwards) > College of Life & Environmental Sciences | |||||||||
| School or Department: | School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences | |||||||||
| Funders: | None/not applicable | |||||||||
| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) Q Science > Q Science (General) |
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| URI: | http://etheses.bham.ac.uk/id/eprint/12291 |
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