2017
DOI: 10.1123/tsp.2016-0083
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The Relationship Between Mindfulness and Life Stress in Student-Athletes: The Mediating Role of Coping Effectiveness and Decision Rumination

Abstract: The role of dispositional mindfulness on stress in student-athletes and factors that mediate this relationship has yet to be examined. Accordingly, the purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships between the facets of mindfulness and life stress in studentathletes and whether these relationships are mediated through coping effectiveness and decision rumination. Participants were 202 student-athletes who completed validated measures of dispositional mindfulness, student-athlete life stress, decis… Show more

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“…Another limitation of this study is the lack of attention to coaches' appraisals, which are pivotal in stress transactions (Didymus and Fletcher 2012) and are the conceptual bridge between stressors and coping. In addition, we did not consider the effectiveness of coaches' coping strategies, which can play an important role in understanding stress and well-being outcomes (Kaiseler et al 2017).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Another limitation of this study is the lack of attention to coaches' appraisals, which are pivotal in stress transactions (Didymus and Fletcher 2012) and are the conceptual bridge between stressors and coping. In addition, we did not consider the effectiveness of coaches' coping strategies, which can play an important role in understanding stress and well-being outcomes (Kaiseler et al 2017).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Increased proficiency in mindfulness was found to be the main mechanism for this reduction [ 70 ]. Also, research in the sport context [ 71 ] suggests that higher levels of mindfulness are associated with reduced stress and improved coping effectiveness. Hence, future investigation are recommended to test the usefulness of mindfulness practice among Type D athletes.…”
Section: Overall Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The mediating effect of perceived stress may be explained by the fact that EI is a skill that minimizes perceived stress and the negative consequences of stress (Montes-Berges and Augusto, 2007) in non-athletic samples and that EI has been found to be a significant predictor of coping effectiveness as well as mental toughness in athletic samples (Cowden, 2016; Kaiseler et al, 2017).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%