The effect of Group Reality Therapy on Emotion Regulation and Self-control in Judo athletes

Document Type : Original research

Authors
Ghasem Elyasi 1
Davood Eftekhary 2
1 Department of Physical Education and Sports Science, Sarab Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sarab , Iran
2 Master of Sports Psychology, Department of Education, Sarab, Iran
10.22089/spsyj.2022.11509.2242
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of reality therapy on Judo athletes’ emotion regulation and self-control. It was quasi-experimental one and the design of the study was pre-test post-test. For this purpose, 50 Judo athletes ranging 18-25 years were selected by complete enumeration sampling method and were randomly assigned to experimental group (n=25) and control group (n=25). To elicit data, Emotion Regulation of Garnefski et al (2001) and Emotion-control of Tangney et al (2004) questionnaires were exploited. The results of repeated measures multivariate analysis of covariance (MANOVA) revealed that experimental group outperformed significantly than control group in terms of emotion regulation and self-control. The findings of the study verified the efficacy of reality therapy. Regarding the results, it seems that training reality therapy concepts can enhance emotion regulation and self-control to achieve sports success.
Keywords
Reality Therapy
Emotion Regulation
Self-Control
Judo

Main Subjects

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Sport Psychology Studies
Volume 11, Issue 42
February 2023
Pages 59-80

  • Receive Date 10 October 2021
  • Revise Date 13 February 2022
  • Accept Date 22 February 2022