Personality and Self-Motivation during Biochemical Fatigue

The present study was conducted to determine whether females exhibiting the Type A behavior pattern would exert greater effort and work to higher levels of physiological fatigue in a self-motivated ergometer test. Twenty female subjects, half of them Type A and the other half Type B, were administer...

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Published in:Journal of human stress 1984-01, Vol.10 (3), p.146-150
Main Authors: Demeersman, Ronald E., Schaefer, David C., Miller, William W.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
biochemical fatigue
Biological and medical sciences
Competitive Behavior
Fatigue - psychology
Female
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Handicap
Humans
Motivation
Oxygen - physiology
Personality
Physical Endurance
Physical Exertion
Psychology and medicine
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
self-motivation
Stress, Physiological - psychology
Type A Personality
type A/B
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Summary:The present study was conducted to determine whether females exhibiting the Type A behavior pattern would exert greater effort and work to higher levels of physiological fatigue in a self-motivated ergometer test. Twenty female subjects, half of them Type A and the other half Type B, were administered an incremental ergometer test to determine their peak oxygen consumption value. On the first experimental session no experimenter encouragement was given to the subjects. Consequently the test measured physical motivation levels. During a second laboratory session, each subject was continuously encouraged by the experimenter to maintain exercising until she was truly incapable of further work. The highest rate of oxygen extraction during this latter session was considered the subject's maximum oxygen consumption (i.e., VO 2 max). Type A and B subjects were compared in the nonmotivated testing session (experimental session 1) to their "true" individual capacities (maximum oxygen consumption demonstrated in experimental session 2). ANOVAs indicated no significant differences in self-initiated competitive behavior during a physical stressor.
ISSN:0097-840X
2374-9741
DOI:10.1080/0097840X.1984.9934969