CULTURAL-EFFECTS - AFFECTS FOLLOWING RUMINATIONS ON SUCCESS AND FAILURE IN SPORTS

Affect following ruminations of success and failure in sport was exami ned for cultural effects. 66 African-American and 84 Native West Afric an athletes completed questionnaires following ruminations about their most successful athletic experience, and again following ruminations about their worst failure. Analysis suggested that affect following ru minations of successful experiences was more positive than those follo wing failure. Cultural differences were noted in the affective respons es following ruminations of success. African athletes tended to be mor e positive in general and self-related affect following ruminations of success and slightly more negative following ruminations of failure t han American athletes.