Sport Psychology Studies

Sport Psychology Studies

The effect of virtual training of the self-compassion program on the mental toughness of athletes

Document Type : Original research

Authors
Zahra Pooraghaei Ardakani 1
omid kalami fard 2
Mohammad Reza Ghasemian mogadam 3
1 Allameh Tabataba’i University
2 Department of Sport Psychology, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran, Iran
3 Assistant Professor of Motor Behavior, Allameh Tabatabai University
10.22089/spsyj.2024.15048.2405
Abstract
Abstract
Self-compassion has effects as a powerful source of regulating and controlling the emotional behaviors of athletes. The purpose of the present study was to study the Shafqat program on the mental toughness of basketball athletes. The current research was semi-experimental with a pre-test-post-test design. The participants included 24 basketball players from Zanjan city who were randomly selected and randomly divided into two groups of 12 experimental (average age: 20.83 ± 1.27) and control (average age: 21.58 ± 1.24)) putting up. The 6-week group was trained in the self-compassion program with various video, audio and written exercises, and the control group did not have any intervention. Data were analyzed through SPSS 24 software and univariate covariance analysis at a significance level of 0.01. The results showed that with pre-test score control, there is a significant difference between the mental toughness scores of the two experimental and control groups. This means that training Self-compassion increases the mental toughness of basketball players.
Keywords
virtual education
self-pity
Mental toughness
basketball
Subjects
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Sport Psychology Studies
Volume 12, Issue 46
Winter 2023
Pages 129-142

  • Receive Date 11 June 2023
  • Revise Date 14 December 2023
  • Accept Date 30 January 2024