Fundamentals of Mental Health

Fundamentals of Mental Health

Comparison of the effectiveness of psychological intervention based on cognitive-behavioral modeling and mindfulness-based intervention on sport performance of shooters: Two months follow-up

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors
Hossein Samadi 1
Hadi Georki 2
Reza Bidaki 3
Jalal Dehghanizadeh 4
Seyyed Hossein Razavi 5
Zahra Afkari Shahrestani 6
1 Department of Physical Education, Taft Branch, Islamic Azad University, Taft, Iran
2 Department of Physical Education, Islamic Azad University, Mahabad Branch, Mahabad, Iran
3 Associate professor, Psychoanalysis, Diabetes Research Center, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
4 Department of Physical Education, Islamic Azad University, Taft Branch, Taft, Iran
5 Ph.D. in family consultancy, Isfahan University, Isfahan, Iran
6 Young Researchers and Elite Club, Islamic Azad University, Branch of Islamshahr, Islamshahr, Iran
10.22038/jfmh.2017.11609
Abstract
Introduction: There are few studies on the effect of cognitive-behavioral interventions and mindfulness on sport performance in athletes. The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of 6 weeks training on cognitive-behavioral strategies and mindfulness exercises on shooter performance with 2 months follow-up.
 
Materials and Methods: The statistical population of this research included all male shooters in the Yazd province with a range of age from 17 to 22 years old. To conduct the research, 24 professional shooters were randomly assigned into three groups: cognitive-behavioral strategies, behavioral-mindedness-control, and control groups (each group was 8). Specific forms were used to measure exercise performance. The variance analysis with repeated measurements and one way analysis of variance was used to evaluate the performance variations in the three groups. Data were analyzed using SPSS 20 software. 
 
Results: The results showed that although the experimental groups had a positive effect on exercise performance scores in the post-test phase, this effect was eliminated in the follow-up phase. Comparison of the groups in the post-test and follow-up exercises shows that there is a significant difference between the mind and body group with the control group and the cognitive-behavioral group, but between the control and cognitive-behavioral groups only in the post-test There is a significant difference.
 
Conclusion: The findings suggest that mindfulness exercises can be used as a new and promising way to increase the performance of shooters.


Keywords
Cognitive Behavior
Mindfulness
Sport Performance
Subjects
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Fundamentals of Mental Health
Volume 19, special issue
May and June 2017
Pages 401-409