FELT AROUSAL, THOUGHTS FEELINGS, AND SKI PERFORMANCE/

This study examined the relationship between felt arousal, thoughts/fe elings, and ski performance based on recent arousal and affect concept ualizations. An eclectic integration of these perspectives suggests th at to understand the arousal-performance relationship, researchers nee d to examine not only a felt arousal continuum (i.e., intensity or lev el ranging from low to high), but also a concomitant thoughts and feel ings continuum (i.e., ranging from positive to negative). Recreational slalom ski racers completed a self-report measure examining felt arou sal and thoughts/feelings prior to several ski runs. Results demonstra ted a significant relationship between felt arousal level, thoughts/fe elings, and subjective ski performance ratings, but not for actual ski times. in contrast to the inverted-U hypothesis for subjective perfor mance ratings, high felt arousal is not associated with poor performan ce ratings if it is accompanied by positive thoughts and feelings.