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1Department of PERD, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces 88003, USA. ccoker@nmsu.edu
Abstract:
9 starters and 8 nonstarters of a university women's softball team completed the Profile of Mood States prior to playing the team perceived to be the most and least difficult to defeat in their conference. A significant interaction indicated that nonstarters displayed higher fatigue prior to playing the opponent perceived as most difficult to defeat. In addition, significant mean differences were found between starters and nonstarters on constructs of Anger, Confusion, Tension, and Depression, suggesting that nonstarters may not share same psychological profile as their peers who start.
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