Executive Function and Mood: The Moderating Role of Athletic Expertise

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Executive function (EF) is known to be influenced by mood, but whether this relationship holds for populations of athletes and whether athletic expertise moderates it is uncertain. Thus, in the current study, we examined relationships between positive and negative affect (i.e., mood), the lower-order cortical aspects of executive function (i.e., inhibition, shifting and updating), and athletic expertise. A sample of 256 participants (55.08% male; M _age = 20.69) completed a self-report mood measure and computerized tests of EF. Individuals with more athletic expertise reported higher positive affect and better EF scores, whereas those with less athletic expertise reported higher negative affect. Structural equation modelling indicated that positive affect was related to better inhibition, shifting, and updating performance but was not related to performance errors. Similarly, negative affect was related to better EF, except for the inhibition latency score. Athletic expertise moderated all significant associations between mood and EF and higher expertise facilitated higher EF performance. Together, athletic expertise is an important individual differences factor in understanding the influence of mood on EF performance.

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Journal ID (nlm-ta): Percept Mot Skills

Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Percept Mot Skills

Journal ID (publisher-id): PMS

Journal ID (hwp): sppms

Title: Perceptual and Motor Skills

Publisher: SAGE Publications (Sage CA: Los Angeles, CA )

ISSN (Print): 0031-5125

ISSN (Electronic): 1558-688X

Publication date (Electronic): 27 January 2021

Publication date (Print): April 2021

Volume: 128

Issue: 2

Pages: 672-691

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[1 ]School of Education, Language, and Psychology, York St John University, York, UK

[2 ]School of Psychology, University of Ulster, Coleraine, UK

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[*]Robert S. Vaughan, School of Education, Language, and Psychology, York St John University, Lord Mayors Walk, York YO31 7EX, UK. Email: r.vaughan@ 123456yorksj.ac.uk

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Robert S. Vaughan https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1573-7000

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Publisher ID: 10.1177_0031512520987364

DOI: 10.1177/0031512520987364

PMC ID: 7890687

PubMed ID: 33504283

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