A5040148534- Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
- Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports
- Sport Psychology and Performance
- Sports and Physical Education Research
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
West Virginia University
2021-2024
Existing mindfulness literature in sport primarily focuses on manualized protocols, while less is known about athlete experiences with outside of interventions. The purpose the present study was to explore student-athlete and readiness practice mindfulness. Using convenience snowball sampling, 205 collegiate athletes completed a mixed-method survey that assessed readiness, trait mindfulness, social support for practice, mindfulness’ perceived effect performance. Participants were invited...
Thriving, or the concurrent experience of healthy well-being and high-level performance, may serve as a valuable construct when studying optimal student-athlete experience. Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) have been shown to positively impact yet these rarely use thriving an outcome variable with athletes. The purpose present study began examine MBI for improving experiences via quasi-experimental longitudinal design. College athletes from United States (n = 55) three sports were...
In recent decades, mindfulness has grown in popularity Western society and culture. This extends to sport, exercise, performance psychology (SEPP). Due this popularity, many student-athletes North America have exposure with or without the guidance of a SEPP practitioner teacher. Most research centered on effectiveness formal mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) for enhancement wellbeing. However, little no evidence exists demonstrating how understand mindfulness, understanding might...
Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) have shown efficacy with diverse populations. The training periods for sport MBIs range 4-10 weeks, but positive outcomes been found during the first 2-4 weeks This is promising as athletes busy schedules. Additionally, smartphone are gaining in popularity, research them just beginning. Therefore, purpose of this pilot study was to investigate a brief MBI competitive high school baseball players. Participants included four (mean 15.6 years) from one...