{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2046789101","doi":"https://doi.org/10.2202/1932-0191.1022","title":"A Qualitative Investigation of Meta-Imagery Processes and Imagery Direction among Elite Athletes","display_name":"A Qualitative Investigation of Meta-Imagery Processes and Imagery Direction among Elite Athletes","publication_year":2007,"publication_date":"2007-11-22","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2046789101","doi":"https://doi.org/10.2202/1932-0191.1022","mag":"2046789101"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.2202/1932-0191.1022","doi":"https://doi.org/10.2202/1932-0191.1022","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.2202/1932-0191.1022","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S89609382","display_name":"Journal of Imagery Research in Sport and Physical Activity","issn_l":"1932-0191","issn":["1932-0191","2194-637X"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["cwts-core","jufo-1","poland-20","russia-white-list-3"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310313990","host_organization_name":"De Gruyter","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310313990"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["De Gruyter"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Journal of Imagery Research in Sport and Physical Activity","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5038528969","display_name":"Tadhg Eoghan Macintyre","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4897-8628","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4897-8628"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I100930933","display_name":"University College Dublin","ror":"https://ror.org/05m7pjf47","country_code":"IE","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I100930933"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I138801177","display_name":"University of Ulster","ror":"https://ror.org/01yp9g959","country_code":"GB","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I138801177"]}],"countries":["GB","IE"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Tadhg MacIntyre","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of Ulster","university college dublin"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Ulster","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I138801177"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"university college dublin","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I100930933"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5078636319","display_name":"Aidan P. Moran","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3349-3986","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3349-3986"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I100930933","display_name":"University College Dublin","ror":"https://ror.org/05m7pjf47","country_code":"IE","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I100930933"]}],"countries":["IE"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Aidan P Moran","raw_affiliation_strings":["University College, Dublin"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University College, Dublin","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I100930933"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":2,"institutions_distinct_count":2,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":{"value":2400,"currency":"EUR","value_usd":2712},"apc_paid":null,"fwci":3.8922,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":44,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.92258283,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":89,"max":99},"biblio":{"volume":"2","issue":"1","first_page":null,"last_page":null},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10813","display_name":"Sport Psychology and Performance","score":1.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3204","display_name":"Developmental and Educational Psychology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/32","display_name":"Psychology"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10813","display_name":"Sport Psychology and Performance","score":1.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3204","display_name":"Developmental and Educational Psychology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/32","display_name":"Psychology"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13224","display_name":"Sports and Physical Education Research","score":0.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3612","display_name":"Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/36","display_name":"Health Professions"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/4","display_name":"Health Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13272","display_name":"Psychological Treatments and Assessments","score":0.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3203","display_name":"Clinical Psychology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/32","display_name":"Psychology"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mental-imagery","display_name":"mental imagery","score":0.9549999833106995},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/elite-athletes","display_name":"elite athletes","score":0.9290000200271606},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/imagery-control","display_name":"imagery control","score":0.6919999718666077}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C4051589","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q860959","display_name":"Mental image","level":3,"score":0.7478521466255188},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2781054738","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4813730","display_name":"Athletes","level":2,"score":0.7088632583618164},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2775987171","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q192797","display_name":"Elite","level":3,"score":0.6871963739395142},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C15744967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9418","display_name":"Psychology","level":0,"score":0.6449259519577026},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2993494880","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1816033","display_name":"Elite athletes","level":3,"score":0.5272727608680725},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C75630572","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q538904","display_name":"Applied psychology","level":1,"score":0.5271415710449219},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780598303","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q65921492","display_name":"Flexibility (engineering)","level":2,"score":0.5099328756332397},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C133753094","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q632190","display_name":"Sport psychology","level":2,"score":0.5056869983673096},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C198531522","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q485146","display_name":"Sample (material)","level":2,"score":0.4549548029899597},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C180747234","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23373","display_name":"Cognitive psychology","level":1,"score":0.44302898645401},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C54808283","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6918191","display_name":"Motor imagery","level":4,"score":0.4231935739517212},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C169900460","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2200417","display_name":"Cognition","level":2,"score":0.26202335953712463},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C1862650","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q186005","display_name":"Physical therapy","level":1,"score":0.12137559056282043},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C71924100","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11190","display_name":"Medicine","level":0,"score":0.07984781265258789},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199539241","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7748","display_name":"Law","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C43617362","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q170050","display_name":"Chromatography","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C17744445","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36442","display_name":"Political science","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C169760540","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q207011","display_name":"Neuroscience","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C94625758","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7163","display_name":"Politics","level":2,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C33923547","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q395","display_name":"Mathematics","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C185592680","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2329","display_name":"Chemistry","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C173201364","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q897410","display_name":"Brain\u2013computer interface","level":3,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C522805319","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q179965","display_name":"Electroencephalography","level":2,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C118552586","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7867","display_name":"Psychiatry","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C105795698","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12483","display_name":"Statistics","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.2202/1932-0191.1022","doi":"https://doi.org/10.2202/1932-0191.1022","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.2202/1932-0191.1022","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S89609382","display_name":"Journal of Imagery Research in Sport and Physical Activity","issn_l":"1932-0191","issn":["1932-0191","2194-637X"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["cwts-core","jufo-1","poland-20","russia-white-list-3"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310313990","host_organization_name":"De Gruyter","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310313990"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["De Gruyter"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Journal of Imagery Research in Sport and Physical Activity","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":33,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W12167791","https://openalex.org/W38513028","https://openalex.org/W97578533","https://openalex.org/W609584223","https://openalex.org/W1522416581","https://openalex.org/W1580324339","https://openalex.org/W1698652912","https://openalex.org/W1715265662","https://openalex.org/W1741990774","https://openalex.org/W1971443753","https://openalex.org/W1987162308","https://openalex.org/W1990729157","https://openalex.org/W2014759868","https://openalex.org/W2019950452","https://openalex.org/W2024326746","https://openalex.org/W2072951243","https://openalex.org/W2075178889","https://openalex.org/W2076892361","https://openalex.org/W2079216252","https://openalex.org/W2095967944","https://openalex.org/W2115713756","https://openalex.org/W2117439777","https://openalex.org/W2118226201","https://openalex.org/W2122296446","https://openalex.org/W2130087656","https://openalex.org/W2140283654","https://openalex.org/W2149610404","https://openalex.org/W2156941091","https://openalex.org/W2163708568","https://openalex.org/W2165068323","https://openalex.org/W2282561949","https://openalex.org/W2400365273","https://openalex.org/W2519210948"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W1979466467","https://openalex.org/W2562967385","https://openalex.org/W4309240404","https://openalex.org/W6945778547","https://openalex.org/W7211936375","https://openalex.org/W2035375137","https://openalex.org/W6912231279","https://openalex.org/W2973237702","https://openalex.org/W2548257509","https://openalex.org/W3127235579"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"It":[0],"has":[1,46],"long":[2],"been":[3,23,75,145,198],"known":[4],"that":[5,125,177,228,233],"athletes":[6,45,203,247],"use":[7,86,231],"mental":[8],"imagery":[9,34,43,72,94,129,175,188,220,230],"extensively":[10],"for":[11,170,212],"a":[12],"variety":[13],"of":[14,19,32,39,69,80,128,137,162,187],"different":[15],"purposes.":[16],"Although":[17],"many":[18],"these":[20],"purposes":[21],"have":[22,74,144],"well":[24],"documented,":[25],"several":[26],"gaps":[27],"remain":[28],"in":[29,51,100,146,157,208,215],"our":[30,135,158,183],"understanding":[31],"atheletes'":[33],"experiences.":[35],"First,":[36],"the":[37,65,78,81,154,242],"issue":[38],"negative":[40,174],"or":[41,98],"debilitative":[42],"among":[44],"received":[47],"little":[48],"research":[49],"attention":[50],"sports":[52,102],"psychology.":[53],"In":[54,152],"addition,":[55,153],"until":[56],"recently,":[57],"athletes'":[58],"meta-imagery":[59,91,164],"processes":[60,92],"(i.e.,":[61,96],"their":[62,70,223],"beliefs":[63],"about":[64],"nature":[66],"and":[67,93,113],"regulation":[68],"own":[71],"skills)":[73],"neglected.":[76],"So,":[77],"purpose":[79],"present":[82],"study":[83,159],"is":[84],"to":[85,89,134,143,172,191,210,221,235,238],"qualitative":[87],"methodology":[88],"explore":[90],"direction":[95,189],"facilitative":[97],"debilitative)":[99],"elite":[101,138,155,184,246],"performers.":[103],"The":[104],"sample":[105,136],"comprised":[106],"seven":[107],"participants":[108],"from":[109],"motor-sport,":[110],"rugby,":[111],"fencing":[112],"golf":[114],"(mean":[115],"age":[116],"=":[117,121],"24.43":[118],"years;":[119],"SD":[120],"1.99).":[122],"Results":[123],"showed":[124,160],"motivational":[126],"aspects":[127],"were":[130],"not":[131],"as":[132,140],"relevant":[133],"performers":[139,156],"they":[141],"appear":[142],"previous":[147],"studies":[148],"using":[149,218],"non-elite":[150],"samples.":[151],"evidence":[161],"sophisticated":[163],"control":[165],"skills":[166],"\u0096":[167],"being":[168],"able,":[169],"example,":[171,201],"restructure":[173],"so":[176],"it":[178],"facilitates":[179],"future":[180],"performance.":[181],"Finally,":[182],"sample's":[185],"experience":[186],"seems":[190],"be":[192,236],"more":[193],"complex":[194],"than":[195],"had":[196],"previously":[197],"believed.":[199],"For":[200],"some":[202],"reported":[204],"deliberately":[205],"imagining":[206],"errors":[207],"order":[209],"prepare":[211],"\"worst-case\"":[213],"scenarios":[214],"competition":[216],"(hence":[217],"such":[219],"facilitate":[222],"performance).":[224],"Overall,":[225],"we":[226],"propose":[227],"existing":[229],"taxonomies":[232],"need":[234],"revised":[237],"take":[239],"into":[240],"account":[241],"flexibility":[243],"with":[244],"which":[245],"actually":[248],"employ":[249],"imagery.":[250]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":5},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2016,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2015,"cited_by_count":7},{"year":2014,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2013,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2012,"cited_by_count":5}],"updated_date":"2026-10-30T12:39:25.321706","created_date":"2016-06-24T00:00:00"}