title: How do you feel? Affective forecasting and the impact bias in track athletics.
abstract: The author examined affective forecasting and the impact bias among track athletics. Results show that athletes clearly overestimated the intensity of their experienced negative emotions, whereas they accurately predicted the intensity of their experienced positive emotions. The author discusses these findings in relation to athletes' regulation processes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Social Psychology, VU University Amsterdam, Van der Boechorststraat 1, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ww.van.dijk@psy.vu.nl
authors.forename: Wilco W
authors.initials: WW
authors.lastname: Van Dijk
mesh_terms: D000124:Achievement; D000293:Adolescent; D000339:Affect; D003163:Competitive Behavior; D003469:Culture; D005260:Female; D006040:Goals; D006801:Humans; D007600:Judgment; D008297:Male; D009426:Netherlands; D014142:Track and Field / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult