https://matteocampagna.com/en/registry/mind/peaking-under-pressure-separate-skill Changes to this claim in Matteo Campagna's evidence registry: its status, its year-by-year history, revisions of the page. en-gb https://matteocampagna.com/en/registry/mind/peaking-under-pressure-separate-skillOnly one study says so, in thirty-two young Malaysian archers from a state development programme who completed the coping skills questionnaire, the ACSI-28. Principal component analysis splits the seven scales into three blocks: coping with adversity, concentration, and confidence and motivation sit together and on their own account for 42% of the variance; coachability and freedom from worry form a second block, which the goal setting and mental preparation scale partly leans on as well; peaking under pressure stands alone, loading 0.98 on its own component and almost nothing on the other two (0.04 and -0.01), while no other scale loads on that component by more than 0.27 either way. Put like that it sounds clear-cut, but it does not hold up well. Thirty-two people are few for seven variables, and the measure of sampling adequacy is very low precisely on the two scales that break away, 0.21 for peaking under pressure and 0.34 for freedom from worry: a scale that does not tie in with the others may be a separate ability, but it may also be a scale that measures poorly in that sample. The journal, moreover, has questionable editorial standards: the registry reports the study but does not use it to decide the status, which remains not studied.claim:struttura-abilita-mentali-arcieri:revision:2026-04-21:2Tue, 21 Apr 2026 08:00:00 GMT https://matteocampagna.com/en/registry/mind/peaking-under-pressure-separate-skillclaim:struttura-abilita-mentali-arcieri:new_claim:2026-02-21:non_studiatoSat, 21 Feb 2026 08:00:00 GMT