TAIS INVENTORY

The above quote begins a section on measuring attentional processes in athletes, in Moran's book on The Psychology of Concentration in Sport Performers. Moran moves from that introduction to a review of research that was designed to assess the validity of The Test of Attentional and Interpersonal Style (TAIS) and draws the following conclusion. Note that the conclusion talks about the validity of the theory, not the inventory... For more information on TAIS theory and the TAIS inventory, please contact us at info@winningmind... Numerous investigators have emphasized how important it is for both researchers and applied practitioners in the field of performance psychology to have a sound theoretical base that guides their work (Moran, 1996; Abernethy, 1993; Druckman & Swets, 1988). This is especially true in the cognitive area where Moran maintains that "research on concentration in athletes has been conducted largely in a theoretical vacuum (pg. 235)." The reason often given for the..