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van Bokhorst LG, Knapová L, Majoranc K, et al. "It's Always the Judge's Fault": Attention, Emotion Recognition, and Expertise in Rhythmic Gymnastics Assessment. Front Psychol. 2016;7:1008doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01008.
van Bokhorst, L. G., Knapová, L., Majoranc, K., Szebeni, Z. K., Táborský, A., Tomić, D., & Cañadas, E. (2016). "It's Always the Judge's Fault": Attention, Emotion Recognition, and Expertise in Rhythmic Gymnastics Assessment. Frontiers in psychology, 71008. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01008
van Bokhorst, Lindsey G, et al. ""It's Always the Judge's Fault": Attention, Emotion Recognition, and Expertise in Rhythmic Gymnastics Assessment." Frontiers in psychology vol. 7 (2016): 1008. doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01008
van Bokhorst LG, Knapová L, Majoranc K, Szebeni ZK, Táborský A, Tomić D, Cañadas E. "It's Always the Judge's Fault": Attention, Emotion Recognition, and Expertise in Rhythmic Gymnastics Assessment. Front Psychol. 2016 Jul 05;7:1008. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01008. eCollection 2016. PMID: 27458406; PMCID: PMC4932815.
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Front Psychol. 2016 Jul 05;7:1008. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01008. eCollection 2016.

"It's Always the Judge's Fault": Attention, Emotion Recognition, and Expertise in Rhythmic Gymnastics Assessment.

Frontiers in psychology

Lindsey G van Bokhorst, Lenka Knapová, Kim Majoranc, Zea K Szebeni, Adam Táborský, Dragana Tomić, Elena Cañadas

Affiliations

  1. Maastricht University Maastricht, Netherlands.
  2. Masaryk University Brno, Czech Republic.
  3. University of Ljubljana Ljubljana, Slovenia.
  4. Eötvös Loránd University Budapest, Hungary.
  5. University of Banja Luka Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
  6. University of Lausanne Lausanne, Switzerland.

PMID: 27458406 PMCID: PMC4932815 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01008

Abstract

In many sports, such as figure skating or gymnastics, the outcome of a performance does not rely exclusively on objective measurements, but on more subjective cues. Judges need high attentional capacities to process visual information and overcome fatigue. Also their emotion recognition abilities might have an effect in detecting errors and making a more accurate assessment. Moreover, the scoring given by judges could be also influenced by their level of expertise. This study aims to assess how rhythmic gymnastics judges' emotion recognition and attentional abilities influence accuracy of performance assessment. Data will be collected from rhythmic gymnastics judges and coaches at different international levels. This study will employ an online questionnaire consisting on an emotion recognition test and attentional test. Participants' task is to watch a set of videotaped rhythmic gymnastics performances and evaluate them on the artistic and execution components of performance. Their scoring will be compared with the official scores given at the competition the video was taken from to measure the accuracy of the participants' evaluations. The proposed research represents an interdisciplinary approach that integrates cognitive and sport psychology within experimental and applied contexts. The current study advances the theoretical understanding of how emotional and attentional aspects affect the evaluation of sport performance. The results will provide valuable evidence on the direction and strength of the relationship between the above-mentioned factors and the accuracy of sport performance evaluation. Importantly, practical implications might be drawn from this study. Intervention programs directed at improving the accuracy of judges could be created based on the understanding of how emotion recognition and attentional abilities are related to the accuracy of performance assessment.

Keywords: accuracy; attention; emotion recognition; expertise; judges; rhythmic gymnastics

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