Mindfulness training for a college team: Feasibility, acceptability, and effectiveness from within an athletic department

Minkler, Thomas O.; Glass, Carol R.; Hut, Megan

doi:10.1080/10413200.2020.1739169

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“…Actually, athletes engage in various sports under different competitions and training schedules taking place in unique facilities and venues. Therefore, not only HEI experts indicated individualization of study plans as a critical aspect, but they also underlined that it needs to be supported by a tutorship programme helping student-athletes developing connections to the institution and providing an orientation to campus resources and services, as well as encompassing elective courses aiming to enhance concentration, relaxation, psychological well-being, and self-efficacy for improving academic readiness [ 15 , 54 ]. Furthermore, written agreements between the student-athlete and the university have been suggested to ensure the proper implementation of individualized study plans.…”

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Exploring dual career quality implementation at European higher education institutions: Insights from university experts

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Introduction This paper examines the convergence of the opinions of European higher education institution (HEI) experts on possible implementation of dual career policies and provision areas at university level. Methods An online 32-item questionnaire encompassing 26 dual career aspects collected the opinion of European HEI experts as the last phase of a Delphi method preceded by i) focus groups with student-athletes who aimed to identify needs for dual careers and ii) a workshop with 21 dual career experts to generate the statements to be included in the survey. Seventy-one HEI experts from 12 EU member states participated in the survey, rating each dual career aspect identified in previous phases. Results The relative position of each aspect has been plotted based on relevance (x-axis) and feasibility (y-axis). The Quadrant IV of the resulting scatterplots identified the following nine aspects rated as highly relevant and highly feasible for implementation: tutorship/mentorship, psychological support, programmes based on integration of academic departments and sports services, and adaptable programmes to the needs of each student-athletes (assistance/tutorship area), individual study plans and distance learning (curricula requirements area), publicity for student-athletes and initiatives for increasing the awareness of student-athletes and knowledge of dual career issues (social support area), and access to educational facilities (logistic support area). Discussion and conclusions The HEI experts’ views represent a coherent and useful starting point to develop a deep understanding of the considered 26 aspects founded on a phenomenological lifeworld-led approach and emphasizes the need for a minimum standard for dual career policies and provisions.

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“…Participants who completed the mindfulness intervention answered the Program Evaluation Questionnaire (PEQ; Minkler et al, 2020 ). We only included part of the PEQ regarding the five statements that assessed an athletes’ perception of program success.…”

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A rowing-specific mindfulness intervention: Effects on mindfulness, flow, reinvestment, and performance

Sparks

Ring

2022

Front. Psychol.

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Mindfulness can benefit athletes’ mindset and performance. These benefits may be enhanced by sport-specific mindfulness interventions. Accordingly, our objectives were 2-fold: first, to develop a rowing-specific mindfulness intervention, and second, to investigate its effects on mindfulness, flow, reinvestment, and rowing performance. Rowers were randomly assigned to either a 6-week rowing-specific mindfulness intervention (n = 23), which included generic and rowing-specific practices, or a control group (n = 21). Rowers completed pre-test and post-test measures of performance, mindfulness, flow, and rowing-specific reinvestment. Lastly, rowers completed an evaluation form following the intervention. The results demonstrated that the intervention group increased flow, mindfulness, and improved performance, additionally conscious motor processing decreased from pre-test to post-test. However, the intervention did not preferentially change mindfulness or reinvestment compared to control. Participants provided favorable feedback and evaluated the intervention positively. Our 6-week rowing-specific mindfulness intervention promoted flow, encouraged mindfulness, and aided performance. Thus, we provide preliminary explorative evidence that a sport-specific mindfulness intervention can benefit athletes. We recommend that future research, with large sample sizes and improved home practice, should examine mediators and moderators of the mindfulness-performance relationship.

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“…Especially considering the fact on the ground that there are still many athletes who have difficulty managing their anxiety when facing a match. Therefore, the scheme for reducing competitive state anxiety in this study is described in the following chart: athletes (Chen & Meggs, 2021;de Petrillo, et al, 2009;Minkler, et al, 2021;Thompson, et al, 2011). On the other side, there is now research that analyses the implementation of MSPE to overcome the competitive state anxiety of Karate athletes.…”

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Effect of Mindfulness Sport Performance Enhancement (MSPE) to Reduce competitive state anxiety on Karate Athletes

Harita

Suryanto

Ardi

2022

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Competitive state anxiety influences cognitive, emotional, and athlete behaviour while they have to perform perfectly in a competition. This study was conducted to analyze the effect of Mindfulness Sports Performance Enhancement (MSPE) training on competitive state anxiety of karate athletes in Surabaya. The research method used is quantitative with an experimental design. The sample in this study was 28 Karate athletes from Dojo Shiroite and INKAI in Surabaya. Those samples were selected using quota sampling. The intervention provided was an MSPE intervention adapted from Mindfulness Sports Performance Enhancement (MSPE). The data collection method was carried out using a competitive state anxiety scale adapted from The Revised Competitive State Anxiety Inventory – 2 with 17 items. The data were analyzed by paired t-test with SPSS 26. The result showed a significant decrease in the average competitive state anxiety by 9.25 points. This condition is supported by the decrease in cognitive anxiety and somatic anxiety dimension by 7.76 and 3.86 points. The decrease was also followed by an increase in the self-confidence dimension by 8.21 points. The findings in this study show the importance of continuous mental mindfulness training to improve athlete performance by overcoming competitive state anxiety. This research can also be a reference for practitioners and researchers. MSPE training can be developed as an effort to improve or solve problems related to an athlete's condition.

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Mindfulness training for a college team: Feasibility, acceptability, and effectiveness from within an athletic department

Cited by 14 publications

References 45 publications

Exploring dual career quality implementation at European higher education institutions: Insights from university experts

Exploring dual career quality implementation at European higher education institutions: Insights from university experts

A rowing-specific mindfulness intervention: Effects on mindfulness, flow, reinvestment, and performance

Effect of Mindfulness Sport Performance Enhancement (MSPE) to Reduce competitive state anxiety on Karate Athletes

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