| STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODEL OF SPORT MINDFULNESS, RESILIENCE, AND SPORT ANXIETY AMONG ATHLETES |
| Paper ID : 1762-SPORTCONGRESS |
| Authors |
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حامد فهیمی *1, احمد قطبی ورزنه2, علیرضا بهرامی3 1گروه رفتار حرکتی، واحد اصفهان (خوراسگان)، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، اصفهان، ایران 2Department of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences in Sport, Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran 3Department of Motor Behavior and Sports Psychology, Faculty of Sport Science, University of Arak |
| Abstract |
| Since the improvement of sports anxiety is characterized by the elimination of irrelevant thoughts and feelings (Zhang et al., 2018), an increase in performance can therefore be predicted. This means that by consciously accepting experiences rather than perseverating on them, cognitive resources are freed to broaden the scope of attention toward enjoyable and meaningful events (Vidic & Cherup, 2022), thereby creating motivation for purposeful engagement in competitions—which is beneficial for improving athletes’ performance. Hence, examining resilience as a mediating variable in the relationship between mindfulness and performance is essential. Accordingly, the present study aimed to develop a structural equation model of sport mindfulness, resilience, and sport anxiety among athletes. In this descriptive-correlational study with a structural equation modeling design, 298 professional athletes (125 women) from Isfahan city were selected through convenience sampling to participate. The participants completed the Sport Anxiety Scale (Smith et al., 1990), the Sport Mindfulness Scale (Thienot et al., 2011), and the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (Connor & Davidson, 2003) via the Porsline online platform. The research data were analyzed using structural equation modeling through AMOS software version 24. The results showed that sport mindfulness has a positive direct effect on resilience (β=0.32, P<0.01) and a negative direct effect on sport anxiety (β=−0.36, P<0.01). Also, other results showed that resilience has a direct negative effect on sport anxiety (β=−0.27, P<0.01). Furthermore, resilience had a partial mediating effect between sport mindfulness and sport anxiety, with a mediating effect value of 0.18 and a contribution rate of 31%. The results of present study highlight that sport mindfulness is a possible protective factor for sport anxiety. Sport mindfulness has strong protective effects and future interventions could be targeted from this perspective. Resilience plays a partially mediating role and more attention should be paid to the sport anxiety of athletes. |
| Keywords |
| Structural Equation Model, Sport Mindfulness, Resilience, Sport Anxiety, Athletes. |
| Status: Abstract Accepted (Oral Presentation) |
