title: Preliminary predictions of athletic performance among collegiate baseball players with a biopsychosocial model.
abstract: This study investigated the association of nine biopsychosocial variables and athletic performance among 40 elite collegiate baseball players. High scores on confidence and perceived fitness and low scores on repressive denial, strength of religious faith, and sensitivity to glare were reliably associated with ratings of superior athletic performance by four coaches. Preliminary results suggest that the biopsychosocial model may prove useful in predicting athletic performance.
authors.affiliation: Psychology Department, Santa Clara University, CA 95053, USA.
authors.forename: T G
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Plante
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Booth
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001484:Baseball / Q000523:psychology*; D015350:Contrast Sensitivity; D003674:Defense Mechanisms; D006801:Humans; D009042:Motivation; D010551:Personality; D012649:Self Concept; D015348:Vision, Binocular; D014792:Visual Acuity; D014796:Visual Perception