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

• Verfasst von: Englert, Christoph [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Dziuba, Anna [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Schweizer, Geoffrey [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Testing the effects of a preceding self-control task on decision-making in soccer refereeing
• Verf.angabe: Chris Englert, Anna Dziuba and Geoffrey Schweizer
• E-Jahr: 2021
• Jahr: 16 March 2021
• Umfang: 8 S.
• Teil: volume:15
• Teil: year:2021
• Teil: elocationid:638652
• Teil: pages:1-8
• Teil: extent:8
• Fussnoten: Gesehen am 12.06.2021
• Titel Quelle: Enthalten in: Frontiers in neuroscience
• Ort Quelle: Lausanne : Frontiers Research Foundation, 2007
• Jahr Quelle: 2021
• Band/Heft Quelle: 15(2021), Artikel-ID 638652, Seite 1-8
• ISSN Quelle: 1662-453X
• DOI: doi:10.3389/fnins.2021.638652
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• Sach-SW: cognitive fatigue
• Sach-SW: Decision Making
• Sach-SW: effort
• Sach-SW: Ego Depletion
• Sach-SW: refereeing
• Sach-SW: Self-Control
• Sach-SW: Sports
• Sach-SW: Stroop
• K10plus-PPN: 1760352993

Abstract

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.