Date of Award
11-21-2014
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Exercise Science, MS
First Advisor
Brian Church
Committee Members
Claudia Benavides; Lance Bryant; Paul Finnicum; Thomas Adams
Call Number
LD 251 .A566t 2014 T34
Abstract
The effect an audience has on performance has received a wave of attention in past years. Social facilitation studies suggest that when people are in the presence of an audience, whether interacting or not, they will perform at higher levels if the task is familiar to them. Furthermore, these studies have found that when a task is unfamiliar to the individual performance will be inhibited. Seventeen males underwent a study to test their running performance in which they ran for twelve minutes on a treadmill in three different variable settings. Results revealed that there was no significant difference in distance traveled whether the participant was alone, in front of a camera, or in the presence of a non-interactive audience.
Rights Management
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Recommended Citation
Thielemier, Lane, "Effects of Audience Presence on Running Performance" (2014). Student Theses and Dissertations. 745.
https://arch.astate.edu/all-etd/745
