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Jan 30, 2023 · Psychological skills training (PST) is one approach within sport psychology to enhance athletic performance. A significant amount research documents the efficacy of PST for enhancing performance which has led to numerous reviews.
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Psychological skills training (g = 0.83, 95% confidence interval 0.21–1.45), mindfulness- and acceptance-based approaches (g = 0.67, 95% confidence interval 0.01–1.32), and imagery (g = 0.75, 95% confidence interval 0.14–1.36) outperformed controls with moderate effects.
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We used a four-week RCT design to investigate the effect of two types of mental training on various outcome variables that are relevant to athletic performance. We used a 3 group (MT, PST, and WL) × 2 time points (pretest, posttest) design. Pre-post-changes in mindfulness and use of psychological techniques served as a manipulation check for our in...
We recruited 95 athletes from four sports through contacts with their respective sport federations (tennis, curling, floorball, and badminton). The federations were asked to forward the call for study participation to athletes who met eligibility criteria, namely, a minimum age of 18 years and a minimum of four training hours per week. Athletes who...
The MT and PST intervention programs consisted of four 90-min group workshops held over a period of 4 weeks (one workshop per week). For a detailed description of the contents of the workshops see Röthlin and Birrer . The goal of the MT was to teach participants mindfulness. The goal of the PST program was to teach participants four mental techniqu...
Table 2 gives an overview of the measures used in our study, including the Cronbach alphas of all scales for the pretest, Likert scale range, and example items. We used the short form of the Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ-SF, ) to assess mindfulness. Similar to other studies , we only administered the acting with awareness, nonjudging o...
For the statistical inferences, a Bayesian approach was applied. The Bayesian method is well suited to deal with uncertainties of small samples and, briefly, works as follows: First, prior distributions for the quantities of interest (e.g., the intervention effect on a variable) are modeled. These priors represent our knowledge before looking at th...
- Philipp Röthlin, Stephan Horvath, Severin Trösch, Martin grosse Holtforth, Daniel Birrer
- 2020
Jul 26, 2016 · A psychological skills training (PST) and a mindfulness-based intervention (MI), administered as group-program, will be compared to a waiting-list control group concerning how they enhance functional athletic behavior - which is a prerequisite for optimal performance.
- Philipp Röthlin, Daniel Birrer, Stephan Horvath, Martin grosse Holtforth
- 2016
Sep 14, 2010 · The importance of psychological skills training (PST) in the development of athletic performance is widely recognized. This paper is a comprehensive review of PST in elite sports, with a special focus on high-intensity sports (HIS).
- D. Birrer, G. Morgan
- 2010
If training programs do not address these negative outcomes, singers will struggle with performance tension; however, when training includes skills to regulate achievement-oriented goals, including debilitating perfectionism and shame, singers are able to optimize performance and increase self-esteem (Thomson et al., 2017).
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Jan 13, 2023 · The authors discovered a beneficial relationship between mindfulness, mental toughness, and psychological skills in relation to sports performance, and they offered potential directions for future studies to improve both athletic performance and quality of life.
