title: Where's the emotion? How sport psychology can inform research on emotion in human factors.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study was to demonstrate how research on emotion in sport psychology might inform the field of human factors.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  Human factors historically has paid little attention to the role of emotion within the research on human-system relations. The theories, methods, and practices related to research on emotion within sport psychology might be informative for human factors because fundamentally, sport psychology and human factors are applied fields concerned with enhancing performance in complex, real-world domains.
  
  
  METHODS
  Reviews of three areas of theory and research on emotion in sport psychology are presented, and the relevancy of each area for human factors is proposed: (a) emotional preparation and regulation for performance, (b) an emotional trait explanation for risk taking in sport, and (c) the link between emotion and motor behavior. Finally, there are suggestions for how to continue cross-talk between human factors and sport psychology about research on emotion and related topics in the future.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The relevance of theory and research on emotion in sport psychology for human factors is demonstrated.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The human factors field and, in particular, research on human-system relations may benefit from a consideration of theory and research on emotion in sport psychology.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Theories, methods, and practices from sport psychology might be applied usefully to human factors.
authors.affiliation: Learning Systems Institute, Florida State University, C-4600 University Center, Tallahassee, FL 32306, USA. deccles@lsi.fsu.edu
authors.forename: David W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Eccles
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ward
authors.forename: Tim
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Woodman
authors.forename: Christopher M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Janelle
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Le Scanff
authors.forename: Joyce
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ehrlinger
authors.forename: Carole
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Castanier
authors.forename: Stephen A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Coombes
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000379:methods*; D004644:Emotions; D006804:Ergonomics / Q000379:methods / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D011603:Psychophysiology; D012107:Research Design; D012309:Risk-Taking; D013177:Sports / Q000523:psychology*