Enhancing Psychological Skills and Well-being in Sport Through a Blended Intervention: a Controlled Study With Perform-UP Tennis
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 41
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- The Psychological Inventory of Sport Performance (IPPS-48) was used to assess athletes' mental abilities. The questionnaire included 48 items, divided into eight subscales each reflecting eight mental abilities.
研究概览
简要总结
Mental preparation is a fundamental aspect of athletic performance. The investigators present here an experiment aimed at evaluating the effectiveness of a blended intervention to promote mindfulness and self-confidence and a reduction of anxiety among professional athletes. Perform-UP Tennis is an application that provides a weekly mental training program to be integrated into the athlete's daily routine. The intervention included eight weekly modules with variable and progressive training and relaxation exercises. Meetings with the athletes took place every 2 weeks. The study involved 41 tennis players who were randomly assigned to either the intervention or the control group.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Health Services Research
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 14 Years 至 —（Child, Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •being tennis players with a minimum age of 14
- •being fluent in Italian
- •having a smartphone with an Internet connection
排除标准
- •having hearing difficulties
- •not playing tennis
- •being younger than 14 years old
- •not having a good knowledge of Italian
结局指标
主要结局
The Psychological Inventory of Sport Performance (IPPS-48) was used to assess athletes' mental abilities. The questionnaire included 48 items, divided into eight subscales each reflecting eight mental abilities.
时间窗: It was assessed at baseline (T0) and after eight weeks, which is at the end of the intervention (T1)
Each scale included five items, to which the athletes responded on a 5-point Likert scale. The eight subscales reflected the following eight mental abilities: concentration, arousal control, preparation of the match, goal setting, visualization, cognitive anxiety, self-confidence and self-talk. But for this research, the investigators considered only three subscales that were consistent with the activities proposed within the application (breathing and relaxation techniques). The scales considered were: cognitive anxiety, which evaluates the athlete's level of concern during the match, fear of making mistakes, and fear of failing, self-confidence, which evaluates the confidence that the athlete has in being able to compete at his/her best, to give their best and to believe in themselves, emotional arousal control, which evaluates the athlete's ability to relax when he/she feels anxious and under tension and to activate him/herself when he/she needs to reach the right energy level.
The Mindfulness Inventory for Sport (MIS) was used to evaluate the awareness processes within the athlete's sports performance. The scale consists of 15 items reflecting three distinct components of mindfulness.
时间窗: It was assessed at baseline (T0) and after eight weeks, which is at the end of the intervention (T1)
Each scale included five items, to which the athletes responded on a 5-point Likert scale. It contains both positively and negatively worded items (the non-judgmental subscale was reverse-scored). Specifically, this questionnaire assessed: (1) Awareness, being aware of stimuli and their associated internal reactions, (2) non-judgmental, adopting a non-judgmental attitude towards these stimuli and reactions, (3) refocusing, quickly refocus attention on target signals.
次要结局
未报告次要终点
研究者
Daniela Villani
Associate Professor of General Psychology
Catholic University of the Sacred Heart