Well-Being Therapy: An Approach to Increase Athlete Well-Being and Performance

Grand challenges: Unlocking peak potential, empowering athletes and coaches to reach their optimal level

“…- Emotional states and athletes' wellbeing to pursue optimal performance and recovery (Thompson and Schary, 2021 ; Taylor et al, 2022 ).…”

“…-Research focusing on the players and athletes can concentrate on how to tolerate pressure, train and perform under stressful scenarios, and attempt to manage the aspects that are under their control (to train in a good way) (Arnold and Fletcher, 2021). -Emotional states and athletes' wellbeing to pursue optimal performance and recovery (Thompson and Schary, 2021;Taylor et al, 2022). -Stakeholders from sport institutions, such as managers, fans, or family members who are surrounding and supporting athletes, are part of the context that may affect their optimal states to train and compete.…”

Comparison of social phobia in athletes with doping history in comparison with general population

“…Anxiety disorders are the third common psychiatric problems after major depression and alcohol dependence with a lifelong prevalence of 19.15 percent [3]. It has been reported that high rate of social phobia in athletes especially in individual sport fields would result in physiological alterations and decreased performance [4]. High pressure for attaining good athletic outcomes would result in increased anxiety in athletes and higher rate of doping among them [5].…”