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Valerie J Rice1, Tan Vu, Jenny Butler
1Army Research Laboratory, Human Research and Engineering Directorate, Army Medical Department Center and School Field Element, Ft. Sam Houston, TX, USA. Valerie.Rice@amedd.army.mil
Abstract:
During scholastic or physical performance testing, individuals who fear failure tend to focus on their fears instead of the task and often perform poorly. This study examined the relationship between fear-of-failure (FoF) and performance among 200~students (male=140, female =60) attending Health Care Specialist Advanced Individual Training (AIT) at Ft. Sam Houston. Performance measures included grade point average, pass/fail status, Army Physical Fitness Test scores, and number of musculoskeletal injuries. Pearson Product Moment Correlations revealed that Soldiers who scored higher on a FoF scale also had higher final grades (r=0.16, p=0.02, r
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