Interoceptive Sensibility Mediates Anxiety Changes Induced by Mindfulness-Based Tai Chi Chuan Movement Intervention

Editorial: Investigating emotional expressions and coping in sport from a sociocultural perspective

“…From the everyday understanding of social intentions and mindsets, to the management of stress and intense emotions individuals encounter during challenging situations, the maintenance of external interpersonal relationships and internal mental health all rely on the appropriate and functional coping strategies (Yang et al, 2012 ; Chen et al, 2017 , 2020 ; Wang et al, 2023 ). In empirical studies, evidence shows that proper performance of sports not only entails the involvement of emotion regulation and stress coping, particularly in competitive situations, the sports itself also serves as an important avenue to emotion regulation/stress coping (Shen et al, 2023 ).…”

“…These goals, are attained through the neural hub of the prefrontal cortex and interoceptive sensitivity (Yao et al, 2021 ). Also, long-term sports training has a stable, sustainable function of reducing anxiety levels, overall negative emotions, and their corresponding physiological indicators like improved heart-rate variability (Shen et al, 2023 ).…”