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Affirmations and achievement

Affirmations and achievement

Posted on 30. Apr, 2009 by .

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Low-achievement students who spent 15 minutes writing about values that were important to them saw an improvement in their grades. In fact the increase in grades persisted two years after the end of the study. Cohen of the University of Chicago was aware of the importance of self-affirmations in  and wanted to see if by [...]

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Social support enhances sports performance

Social support enhances sports performance

Posted on 07. Mar, 2009 by .

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Research at the University of Exeter have been looking at the impact one-to-one support has on the performance of male golfers. Such support included listening to their problems, offering encouragement before a competition and assisting them with practical issues. Their performance during this time was monitored and compared to their performance before the support was [...]

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