Effects of four-week mindfulness training on job pressure, burnout, and coping strategies in sports coaches: A randomised controlled trial

Work, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Feb. 16, 2025

Background This study addresses the gap in evidence-based interventions for work stress, burnout, and coping strategies among sports coaches, which are critical their psychological health performance. Objective aimed to evaluate novel application of a mindfulness training program alleviate enhance coaches. Methods Sixty-one coaches were randomly assigned an experimental (n = 30) control group 31). The completed four-week, twice-weekly 90-min training. Assessments included five facets questionnaire (FFMQ) measures job pressure, strategies, with analyses correlations linear regressions between these factors. Results FFMQ correlated negatively various stressors (R ranging from −0.331 −0.943, p < 0.001) burnout indicators −0.414 −0.480, 0.001). Job pressure predicted levels (β −0.973), predictive model: Y 206.275–0.973 * pressure. group's scores rose by 13.9% at week four (p 0.003), reductions external competition, negative (7.4%, 20.3%, 18.1% respectively, 0.05). They also outperformed stress Conclusion A four-week significantly enhances mindfulness, reduces underscoring its potential as intervention improving performance mental health.

Language: Английский

Influence of slow and rapid weight loss periods on physiological performance, mood state and sleep quality in male freestyle wrestlers: a study from Sichuan Province, China

Frontiers in Psychology, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 15

Published: Oct. 15, 2024

Objective This study aims to investigate the changes in physiological performance, mental state and sleep quality during weight reduction phase prior competition male freestyle wrestlers. Methods included 16 wrestlers from Sichuan Province, China. Participants were evaluated at three time points: first day of slow (T1, March 26), rapid (T2, April 26) before (T3, May 3), measurements taken for mood quality. Results The most relevant findings indicated following: Morning heart rate, creatine kinase fatigue scores increased by 12.6, 64.6, 19.0%, respectively, T1 T2 ( p &lt; 0.05), decreased 14.1, 36.6, 16.8%, T3 0.05). Hemoglobin testosterone levels 3.0 2.9 18.2%, 0.05); secondary revealed total disturbance 3.8% = 0.072), positive 9.0% 0.090), Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index 14.4% 0.323) work output average power 7.3 7.8%, 0.067, 0.052); Regression analyses predicted negative Y 1 62.306–0.018 × maximum output) 2 2.527 + 0.278 Immunoglobulin G) period. Conclusion combined approach effectively minimized body fat athletes with limited effect on their performance However, effects adverse certain health variables anaerobic Chinese identified correlations between power, immunoglobulin G, shed new light factors influencing athletes’ well-being reduction, underscored need careful monitoring future management strategies.

Language: Английский

Emotional Intelligence and Burnout among Adolescent Basketball Players: The Mediating Effect of Emotional Labor

Sports, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 12(10), P. 266 - 266

Published: Sept. 29, 2024

Burnout, characterized by emotional and physical exhaustion, poses a significant challenge to adolescent athletes, particularly in high-intensity sports like basketball. Emotional Intelligence (EI) is the ability manage emotions, which negatively associated with burnout. labor, including strategies of surface acting (SA), deep (DA), genuine expression (GE), plays potentially key role emotion management between EI burnout for athletes. This study aims investigate relationship burnout, as well mediating labor among basketball players. Our cross-sectional study, conducted youth schools four different places China, involved 260 Results indicate negative association SA GE emerging mediators. was positively linked while showed association. These findings suggest that enhancing managing are crucial mitigating improving well-being performance young

Language: Английский