نوع مقاله : مقاله پژوهشی
نویسندگان
1 عضو هیئت علمی دانشگاه الزهرا
2 Graduate of Motor Behavior, Department of Motor Behavior, Faculty of Sport Sciences, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran
3 3- Associate Professor, Department of Exercise Physiology, Faculty of Sport Sciences, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran
چکیده
Aim: Mental health is affected by stress and anxiety. Studies have shown that yoga-based mindfulness interventions reduce anxiety and improve the performance of athletes. The present study aimed to investigate the effect of yoga-based mindfulness on skilled volleyball players' blood cortisol hormone levels and competitive state anxiety.
Methods: The participants consisted of 28 boys volleyball players that randomly divided into experimental (M age = 17.71 ±0.91 y, M experience = 4.64 ± 0.84 y) and control (M age = 17.93 ±0.61 y, M experience = 4.71 ± 1.13 y) groups. Subjects completed the Competitive State Anxiety Inventory (CSAI-R2), and blood samples were also taken to measure cortisol hormone in the pre and post-test phase 30 minutes before a volleyball match. The experimental group then participated in a yoga-based mindfulness intervention for 12 sessions (each session 1.5 hours).
Results: The covariance analysis showed that yoga-based mindfulness exercises caused significantly lower blood cortisol levels (p = 0.01), cognitive anxiety (p = 0.003), and somatic anxiety (p=0.0001) in the experimental group than the control group in the post-test. However, it did not significantly affect self-confidence (p=0.69) (p <0.05).
Conclusion: The present study suggested that sports psychologists and coaches can use mindfulness intervention to improve physiological or psychological variables.
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عنوان مقاله [English]
Effect of Yoga-Based Mindfulness Intervention on Blood Cortisol Hormone and Competitive State Anxiety in Boy Skilled Volleyball Players
نویسندگان [English]
- Maryam Abdoshahi 1
- Mahsa Naghizadeh 2
- Afsaneh Shemshaki 3
1 Assistant Professor, Department of Motor Behavior, Faculty of Sport Sciences, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran
2 Graduate of Motor Behavior, Department of Motor Behavior, Faculty of Sport Sciences, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran
3 3- Associate Professor, Department of Exercise Physiology, Faculty of Sport Sciences, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran
چکیده [English]
Abstract
Aim: Mental health is affected by stress and anxiety. Studies have shown that yoga-based mindfulness interventions reduce anxiety and improve the performance of athletes. The present study aimed to investigate the effect of yoga-based mindfulness on skilled volleyball players' blood cortisol hormone levels and competitive state anxiety.
Methods: The participants consisted of 28 boys volleyball players that randomly divided into experimental (M age = 17.71 ±0.91 y, M experience = 4.64 ± 0.84 y) and control (M age = 17.93 ±0.61 y, M experience = 4.71 ± 1.13 y) groups. Subjects completed the Competitive State Anxiety Inventory (CSAI-R2), and blood samples were also taken to measure cortisol hormone in the pre and post-test phase 30 minutes before a volleyball match. The experimental group then participated in a yoga-based mindfulness intervention for 12 sessions (each session 1.5 hours).
Results: The covariance analysis showed that yoga-based mindfulness exercises caused significantly lower blood cortisol levels (p = 0.01), cognitive anxiety (p = 0.003), and somatic anxiety (p=0.0001) in the experimental group than the control group in the post-test. However, it did not significantly affect self-confidence (p=0.69) (p <0.05).
Conclusion: The present study suggested that sports psychologists and coaches can use mindfulness intervention to improve physiological or psychological variables.
Research has shown that many athletes experience state anxiety during training, before and during competition. State anxiety is an immediate and negative emotional state accompanied by fear, anxiety, stress, and physical arousal. Researchers have shown that in addition to experiencing negative thoughts and understanding physiological symptoms, a person’s confidence in coping with challenges is also important in creating a state anxiety (Cheng & Hardy, 2016). State anxiety includes cognitive state anxiety and somatic state anxiety. Somatic anxiety is associated with physiological symptoms (increased heart rate, blood pressure, body temperature) and biochemistry (cortisol secretion). Competitive state anxiety also means the motivation to avoid failure in the sports environment or worry about failure, which is temporary and arises from participating in a particular sporting competition. If anxiety symptoms occur long, irrational,
کلیدواژهها [English]
- Yoga-Based Mindfulness
- Blood Cortisol hormone
- Competitive Anxiety
- Volleyball
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