PLAYwithHEART: Development and Feasibility Study of a Program for the Promotion of Acceptance and Cooperation Skills for Adolescent Athletes
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 入组人数
- 50
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Changes in competitive anxiety
研究概览
简要总结
This investigation aims to apply and test the feasibility of a structured Program for young athletes. PLAYwithHEART is a program for promoting acceptance and cooperation skills in adolescent athletes. This group application program comprises eight weekly sessions and aims to decrease levels of sport anxiety, and increase the psychological quality of life of young athletes, by promoting skills inherent to an affiliation mentality (mindfulness, acceptance, and compassion), as an alternative to a social ranking mentality (based on maladaptive processes, such as shame and self-criticism), to deal with the challenges and demands of the sport context.
详细描述
The sample will include young athletes of different sports with ages ranged 12 to 18 years old. The principal investigator will recruit participants through contact with different sports clubs in Portugal. Athletes who demonstrate interest will go through a Screening interview (previously authorized by your legal guardian) by a licensed psychologist that aims explain the structure and arms of the investigation, to collect demographic data, and whether the athlete meets the inclusion criteria for the study. Athletes who meet the inclusion criteria and demonstrate interest in participating in the study, will sign an informed consent.
All ethical requirements for research with humans are guaranteed. Afterwards, participants will be allocated in two groups (experimental and control group). Additionally, the experimental group will enroll in the PLAYwithHEART programme, also provided by a licensed psychologist and a co-therapist.
Both groups will concurrently complete a protocol of self-report measures (to measure: a) psychological processes; b) quality of life and sports anxiety. These assessments will occur in three different times: before the start of the PLAYwithHEART programme (M0), after the final session of the programme (M1), and 6 months after that (M2).
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Non Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Supportive Care
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 12 Years 至 18 Years（Child, Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •adolescent competitive athletes
- •presentation of the informed consent signed by the participant and respetive legal guardian
- •availability to participate in the 8 sessions of the PLAYwithHEART Programme
- •inexistence of cognitive difficulties that interfere in completing self-response measures
- •not being under psychological / psychiatric appointments
排除标准
- •no presentation of the informed consent signed by the participant and respetive legal guardian
- •unavailability to participate in the 8 sessions of the PLAYwithHEART Programme
- •existence of cognitive difficulties that interfere in completing self-response measures
- •being under psychological / psychiatric appointments
研究组 & 干预措施
Control
Participants of control group do not receive the intervention Programme (PLAYwithHEART), nor any other program, and only complete self-report measures.
Experimental
PLAYwithHEART Programme is a manualized mindfulness, acceptance, and compassionate-based group intervention for adolescent competitive athletes. It included 8 weekly group sessions, 45 minutes each, run in small groups (ranging from 8 to 12 participants). Participants of this group complete also self-report measures.
干预措施: PLAYwithHEART Programme for adolescent athletes (Behavioral)
结局指标
主要结局
Changes in competitive anxiety
时间窗: From baseline to 6-months follow-up
Measured by the Sport Anxiety Scale (SAS-2) - lower levels mean a better outcome
Changes in Quality of Life
时间窗: From baseline to 6-months follow-up
Measured by the The KIDSCREEN-10 quality of life measure for children and adolescents - higher levels mean a better outcome
次要结局
- Changes in Psychological Inflexibility(From baseline to 6-months follow-up)
- Changes in Mindfulness(From baseline to 6-months follow-up)
- Changes in Self-compassion(From baseline to 6-months follow-up)
- Changes in shame(From baseline to 6-months follow-up)
- Changes in self-criticism(From baseline to 6-months follow-up)
研究者
Sara Oliveira
MS
University of Coimbra