Attentional focus and performance anxiety: effects on simulated race-driving performance and heart rate variability.

Front Psychol · 2012 · PMC3488937 · PMID 23133431

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closest p · 1.2× alpha

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approached significancep = 0.06so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

The main effect for Focus approached significance, p = 0.06, η p 2 = 0.23, and this was likely to be attributed to the slower times recorded by the internal focus group.

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marginally non-significantno p-value reported

In addition, the marginally non-significant performance advantage enjoyed by the external focus group during acquisition was augmented across both the neutral and competition conditions.

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