Exploring the Effects of a Single Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy Workshop in Elite Blind Soccer Players

Abstract

Research examining the effects of rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT) on athletic performance is emerging. There is, however, a paucity of research exploring psychological interventions in specialized sport populations. The present study investigated the effects of a single REBT workshop, including intellectual and practical insight into the ABC(DE) framework, on psychological, physiological, and performance markers in an elite blind soccer team. From use of a within-participant pretest–posttest crossover design in an ecologically valid setting, data indicated small and immediate reductions in irrational beliefs, perceived helpfulness of preperformance anxiety, and physiological markers (i.e., systolic blood pressure) prior to a penalty-kick simulation. However, no substantial changes were shown in penalty-kick performance. In sum, although the findings elucidate some benefits of a single REBT workshop, the educational insight into the ABC(DE) framework was deemed insufficient for meaningful changes in outcome measures. Practical implications and recommendations for future researchers are discussed.

A systematic mapping review on the use of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) with athletes

“…Figure 4 shows an integrative synthesis of these five dominant categories with the intention of offering an overview of the variations used in this type of intervention, helping researchers and practitioners to acknowledge the trends through this systematic mapping review and use the information in order to combine different techniques or orientations. Since different phases of the same study can be published in different formats, in order not to duplicate information from the same study (e.g., target variable, number of participants, sport practiced, number of sessions), from this moment on the Wood's doctoral dissertation ( 2017) is analyzed through the journal articles and book chapters resulting from it (Wood et al, 2017a;Wood et al, 2017b;Wood, Barker, Turner, & Sheffield, 2018;Wood, Barker, Turner, & Thomson, 2018;Wood et al, 2019).…”

“…In addition, qualitative data is generally included to complement information on the effectiveness of the intervention. For example, in the social validation data reported by Wood, Barker, Turner, and Thomson (2018), the participants had to consider three of percentage change from baseline to follow-up phases (Hrycaiko & Martin, 1996). In line with the discussion in Davis and Turner (2019), future research should more meaningfully assess participants' opinions when receiving REBT to form valuable information on the effect, efficacy, and veracity of the intervention.…”

Para athlete activism: A qualitative examination of disability activism through Paralympic sport in Ireland

“…Whilst there has been a growing amount of disability sport psychology research, such work often unquestionably views disability from a bio-medical lens. For example, developing rational emotive behaviour therapy (REMT) research that assumes psychological challenges (e.g., lack of autonomy, compromised self-identity, diminished self-worth, depression) are linked to specific biological 'conditions', such as visual impairment (e.g., Wood, Barker, Turner, & Thomson, 2018;Wood, Barker, Turner, & Sheffield, 2018). Problematically, such an approach can, either implicitly or explicitly, suggest that social oppression is an individual's responsibility to overcome and that adopting a disability activist identity is not compatible with an athlete identity (e.g., it can distract from performance).…”

Una intervención TREC para la recuperación de actividad física saludable en exdeportistas de elite

“…Attitudes and Beliefs Scale (SGABS; Lindner et al 1999) se utilizó para medir las creencias de las participantes. Este instrumento había sido previamente usado en contextos deportivos (e.g., Wood et al, 2018). El SGABS contiene 26 ítems que forman ocho subescalas, una de creencias racionales y siete de creencias disfuncionales.…”