Effects of Mindfulness on Obligatory Exercise During the Return of Injured Athletes to Sports: The Mediating Roles of Self-Criticism and Competitive State Anxiety.

Content Provider	Europe PMC
Author	Wu, Ruoshan Jing, Longjun Liu, Yang Wang, Huilin Xie, Lin Deng, Wu
Copyright Year	2023
Abstract	PurposeDespite the Advances in sports training methods and medicine, they have not reduced the recurrence rate of athletes’ injuries significantly, and obligatory exercise may be an important reason for their re-injury. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of mindfulness on obligatory exercise behavior, self-criticism, and competitive state anxiety in athletes recovering from injury, and explain their interactions.Patients and MethodsThe study adopted the snowball and convenience sampling methods. From November to December 2022, a total of 265 high-level sports players in South China were selected, and ultimately, 208 valid data samples were obtained. Maximum likelihood estimation was used to analyze the data and test the hypotheses proposed using 5000 bootstrap samples to test the mediating effects of the structural equation model.ResultsThe results demonstrated that there were positive correlations between self-criticism and obligatory exercise (standardized coefficients = 0.38, p < 0.001), as well as competitive state anxiety and self-criticism (standardized coefficients = 0.45, p < 0.001). Mindfulness and obligatory exercise were correlated negatively (standardized coefficients = −0.31, p < 0.001), but there was no significant relation between competitive state anxiety and obligatory exercise (standardized coefficients = 0.05, p > 0.01). Self-criticism and competitive state anxiety mediated mindfulness’s positive effects on obligatory exercise in part (standardized indirect effect = −0.16, p < 0.01), and this explanatory power was higher than in any previous study (R2 = 0.37).ConclusionThe irrational beliefs in Activating events–Beliefs–Consequence (ABC) theory play an important role in explaining athletes’ obligatory exercise, and mindfulness has a positive effect on reducing obligatory exercise behavior.
Page Count	15
Journal	Psychology Research and Behavior Management
Volume Number	16
PubMed Central reference number	PMC10274843
PubMed reference number	37334404
e-ISSN	11791578
DOI	10.2147/PRBM.S414709
Language	English
Publisher	Dove
Publisher Date	2023-06-12
Access Restriction	Open
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Subject Keyword	obligatory exercise mindfulness cognitive behavioral therapy ABC theory sports reinjury
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Psychiatry and Mental Health Psychology