Psychological characteristics of developing excellence in mixed martial arts athletes

Barquín, Roberto Ruiz; García, Carlos Gutiérrez; Maldonado, Adrián Plura

doi:10.18002/rama.v14i2s.6005

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“…Table 1 includes the 16 [ 13 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 , 36 ] studies meeting our inclusion criteria. The studies spanned from 2011 to 2021, with 795 MMA participants (n mean = 49.68 ± 63.65, range 3 to 215) with data coming from North America (USA, n = 7), South America (Brazil, n = 4), and one study each from five European countries (Czechia, Poland, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom).…”

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“…One study [ 29 ] included two large samples (n = 618; n = 278) of non-MMA participants (approximately 65% females) as raters of the MMA participants. Of the eight articles not found in the Andrade et al (2020) review, five [ 13 , 26 , 28 , 29 , 33 ] articles were found within their search timeframe and three [ 23 , 27 , 35 ] beyond their search timeframe.…”

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“…Given MMA research is not the level of clinical based research with random selection and the like, the subject selection procedures overall seemed adequate, especially with the number of professional including UFC athletes as participants. Hence, for our second bias category concerned with the sample’s MMA background, the vast majority (n = 13) we rated from no (n = 4) [ 23 , 29 , 34 , 35 ] to low (n = 3) [ 22 , 24 , 30 ] to some (n = 6) [ 25 , 27 , 28 , 31 , 32 , 33 ] concern. Though it is not a requirement to state participant anonymity assured, it seems relevant.…”

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A Systematic Review of the Sport Psychology Mixed Martial Arts Literature: Replication and Extension

Cooper

Lochbaum

2022

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MMA is a global sport with a growing body of psychological literature. Our main objective was to replicate and extend a past review concerning the sport psychology literature with MMA participants. We conducted our electronic search in EBSCO with the following databases: SPORTDiscus, PsycINFO, ERIC, and Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection. Our eligibility criteria were research articles (a) found in academic journals, (b) with MMA participants, and (c) at least one topic found in sport psychology literature. After conducting a PRISMA-guided search, 16 studies met our inclusion criteria. The studies spanned from 2011 to 2021, with 795 MMA participants from the USA (n = 7), Brazil (n = 4), and one study each from Czechia, Poland, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. From studies reporting mean ages, MMA participants were in their mid-20s (M = 26.55 ± 2.38 years of age). The results section includes risk of bias ratings across five areas (i.e., subject selection, sample’s MMA background, participant anonymity, data collection procedures, and questionnaire or qualitative theme reporting). More risk of bias concerns resulted with the quantitative than qualitative articles. To best represent the studies, we presented separate results tables with many specifics for both the quantitative (i.e., topic, main analysis, time frame, summary of results, and meaningfulness) and qualitative studies (topic, main analysis, time frame, and main themes). The included studies covered a variety of historic and meta-analyzed topics such as confidence, mood, motivations, and social facilitation. Based on our review, we discussed the literature strengths and limitations, and suggested future research directions. Last, we provided practical points for both MMA participants and their trainers.

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A Systematic Review of the Sport Psychology Mixed Martial Arts Literature: Replication and Extension

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2022

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“…The concept of psychological resilience, which includes individuals' capacity to cope with difficulties in their daily life and the ability to recover themselves after difficult experiences (Jin & Wang, 2018), has been increasingly addressed in the fields of psychology (Karaırmak, 2006), education (Aydın, Öncü, Akbulut & Küçük Kılıç, 2019;Çetin, 2019), work (Terte & Stephens, 2014) and sport (Erim & Küçük, 2017;Galli & Gonzalez, 2014;García, Vallerino, & Montero, 2014;Ortega et al, 2017;Ramirez-Granizo et al, 2020;Ruiz-Barquín, García Remis & Gutiérrez García, 2018;Ruiz-Barquín, Plura Maldonado & Gutiérrez García, 2019;Ruiz, de la Vega, Poveda, Rosado, & Serpa, 2012;Ruiz-Barquín, del Campo Vecino, & de la Vega Marcos, 2015;Ruiz-Barquín, Robles, García & Gutiérrez-García, 2018;Sarkar, 2017;Şahin & Güçlü;. Especially in the studies in the psychology literature in recent years, positive perspectives that investigate and reveal the strengths of individuals rather than their weaknesses have become dominant (Karaırmak, 2006).…”

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Relationship between psychological resilience and stress coping strategies in karate athletes

Kılıç

2020

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The aim of this research was to examine the psychological resilience and stress coping strategies of Karate athletes according to some demographic variables and to determine the relationship between them. A sample of 104 (54 females and 50 males, mean age 19.85±4.10 years) Karate athletes who trained in different sport clubs in Turkey were recruited. The Brief Resilience Scale (BRS) (Smith et al., 2008) and the Stress Coping Scale (SCS) (Sahin & Durak, 1995) were used for data collection. Descriptive statistics, t-test and correlation analyses were used for data analysis. Participants’ psychological resilience was at mid-level, while the SCS self-confident approach and seeking social support sub-dimensions were at high and low level respectively. The athletes’ psychological resilience and stress coping strategies differed significantly according to gender. There was a positive and low significant correlation between experience and psychological resilience, in contrast a to negative and low significant correlation found between experience and helpless approach SCS sub-dimension. Middle and positive correlation was observed between age and psychological resilience. Finally, there were positive and middle significant correlations between psychological resilience and self-confident approach and optimistic approach, and a negative and middle significant correlation between psychological resilience and helpless approach SCS sub-dimensions.

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“…The solution for this was to, when possible, include additional bouts, and to make sure that the study was equipped with adequate statistical power. Moreover, sport psychology in MMA is still poorly explored but are starting to attract scholarly attention (Ruiz Barquín et al, 2019;Silva et al, 2016). Still, it is currently unknown how mental skill sets may vary between MMA athletes; the current study was limited to winners on a theoretical basis, and never examined the losers in the bouts without audience.…”

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Performance increments without audience: paired data from mixed martial arts fighters during COVID-19

Mickelsson

Shaw

2020

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During COVID-19, athletes have been forced to compete in the absence of audience. Athletic and cognitive performance have been shown to be both incremented and decremented when competing either with or without audience, something that has been termed ‘social facilitation’. The current study sought to investigate this effect in a naturalistic experiment due to the current pandemic, in a sport in which the effect has never been examined; mixed martial arts (MMA). A performance variable was constructed, and data from 86 fighters who competed during COVID-19 were collected and compared to previous competition history. In total, 586 bouts were analyzed. Data distribution and assumptions were explored in which non-normal distribution was found. Subsequently, a test of marginal homogeneity and a Wilcoxon Signed Ranks test were performed. The results showed that MMA fighters who won their bout without audience displayed poorer performance’s in previous bouts, which were attended by audience. The current study further explores the notion of social facilitation effects and suggests there may be a need to pro-actively incorporate training alternatives that could mitigate performance decrements in fighters who are prone to negative effects due to external stimuli, such as an audience. However, due to the limited observations in the non-audience condition the study results should be interpreted cautiously and considered highly preliminary.

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Psychological characteristics of developing excellence in mixed martial arts athletes

Cited by 6 publications

References 3 publications

A Systematic Review of the Sport Psychology Mixed Martial Arts Literature: Replication and Extension

A Systematic Review of the Sport Psychology Mixed Martial Arts Literature: Replication and Extension

Relationship between psychological resilience and stress coping strategies in karate athletes

Performance increments without audience: paired data from mixed martial arts fighters during COVID-19

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