SEITCHIK , Allison

The perception of effort (RPE) is generally used to monitor, prescribe, and regulate exercise following a performance objective or during health-related physical activities [1]. However, RPE may be influenced by some environmental and psychological factors, as downward social comparisons [2]. An other social context has received attention in...

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IntroductionAccording to the stereotype threat model (Steele, 1997), people can underperform on a task when thinking about the negative performance expectations of their group. Based on this theory, many studies showed a negative influence of stereotypes on performance during motor tasks such as basketball shooting (e.g., Hively & El-Alayli,...

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