| （1.School of Physical Education，Soochow University，Suzhou 215021，China；2.Department of Physical Education，Weifang University，Weifang 261000，China） Abstract: Based on theories on the “Choking” process and conclusions drawn by previous theories, the authors es-tablished a conceptual model of the “Choking” mental mechanism. The authors performed a path analysis based on the data acquired from 11 professional teenage shooters under the scenes of artificially set pressure and by utilizing LISREL 8.54–a structural equation model software, and revealed the following findings: 1) active response, indi-vidual’s self awareness, competition characterized anxiety, winning expectation and sense of self efficiency are key factors for the occurrence of the “Choking” phenomenon; they can effectively predict the occurrence of the “Chok-ing” phenomenon; 2) competition characterized anxiety, winning expectation, self orientation and task orientation produce a significant effect on dodging and responding modes; 3) both active dodging and responding are not medi-ate variables for exogenous variables to produce the “Choking” phenomenon.
Key words: sports psychology；“Choking” phenomenon；mental mechanism；teenage shooter |
