Corona Disease Anxiety in Bodybuilding Athletes: The Role of Sport Mindfulness and Mental Toughness

Document Type : Original research

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1 Malayer University, Hamadan, Iran

2 department of Psychology, Guilan University

Abstract

COVID-19 has caused psychological problems in athletes. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of Corona Disease Anxiety (CDA) and the role of sport mindfulness and mental toughness in predicting it in bodybuilding athletes. The research method was descriptive-correlation. The statistical population of this study consisted of all bodybuilding athletes in Malayer, from which 267 athletes were selected by convenience sampling method. The CDA, sport mindfulness and mental toughness scales were used to collect the data. Pearson correlation and stepwise regression were used to analyze the data. The results showed that 40.82% of bodybuilding athletes had moderate to severe CDA. The results of stepwise regression also showed that sport mindfulness (refocusing) and mental toughness (control and challenge) played a significant role in predicting CDA. According to the results, sports psychologists must pay more attention to psychological problems, especially CDA in bodybuilding athletes in the COVID-19 outbreak so as to be able to provide the necessary planning for psychological training based on sport mindfulness and mental toughness, to reduce CDA

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  • Receive Date: 21 April 2021
  • Revise Date: 23 June 2021
  • Accept Date: 29 June 2021

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