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Study aim
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The main purpose of the present study is determine effectiveness of Mindfulness-Acceptance-Commitment-Based Approach to Athletic Performance Enhancement and the Sport Competition Anxiety in Athlete students.
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Design
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The present study design is a type of experimental (sampling available with random replacement) with a pretest, post-test design with control group. The statistical population of the study were athletic students of Iran University of Medical Sciences and Tehran University of Medical Sciences.
The women’s basketball team of the Iran and Tehran University of Medical Sciences well be selected as 37 people for the research sample. The sample size of the present study well be calculated based on previous studies and through the following formulas by considering the test power of 80% and a confidence level of 95%:
n=〖2(z_(1-a/2)+z_(1-β))〗^2/∆^2+ 1
Where:
n = sample size
Z1-α/2 = 1.96 when α = 5% for two-sided test
Z1-β = 0.842 when β = 20% (test power = 80%)
∆= effect size
The study samples well be randomly divided into two experimental and control groups by random numbers generation. The control group dose not receive any intervention. Subjects complete the research questionnaires before and after the intervention.
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Settings and conduct
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After coordination with the Faculty of Education, Intervention sessions will start. In this study, after the randomization of the subjects, the experimental group Will be intercepted based on the Moore & Gardner MAC Protocol conducted for 8 sessions of 1.5 hours and grouped in physical education faculty of Iran University of Medical Sciences by Ph.D. student of clinical psychology who has passed the MAC curriculum (7). The control group will not receive any intervention.
Intervention session orders include:
Psychoeducation Phase:
implementation of pre- test included Assessment of, Athletic Performance, the Sport Competition Anxiety and Experiential avoidance
Introducing Mindfulness-Acceptance-Commitment-Based Approach
assessment of One’s Relationship with Internal Experiences
Challenging the control of negative thoughts and emotions (control as the problem: creative hopelessness ) and the Destructive Effects of Experiential Avoidance
Introductory Breathing Exercise
Introduction to self-monitoring
Mindfulness phase:
Continuing Previous exercises
Introducing Mindfulness and Cognitive defuse
To teach mindfulness exercises included: Body scan practice, The Three Minute Breathing Space and Mindfulness practice in everyday life
Values identification and Commitment Phase:
Continuing Previous exercises
Introducing Values and Values-Driven Behavior
Assessment of Values, Goals, Actions, and Barriers
Increasing Engagement in Valued Activities
Acceptance Phase:
Introducing Acceptance and Enhancing Commitment:
Cultivating Acceptance through Mindfulness skills and metaphors
Integration and Practice Phase:
Maintaining and Enhancing Mindfulness, Acceptance, and Commitment
implementation of post- test included Assessment of Athletic Performance, the Sport Competition Anxiety and Experiential avoidance
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Participants/Inclusion and exclusion criteria
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The participants in the study are female athletes and are studying at the Iran University of Medical Sciences and Tehran, and have two training sessions a week and were preparing for sports competitions. Athletes were from different fields of study and medical education, and their age range was between 18 and 30. Frist, Psychiatric Interview Based on DSM-5 were conducted for research samples and subjects suffering from mental disorders were excluded from the study.
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Intervention groups
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The intervention group includes athlete students from Iran and Tehran Medical Sciences Universities and are studying in medical sciences. Subjects are a member of the sports basketball team. And the age range is between 18 and 30.The control group is similar to the intervention group. Subjects were randomly assigned into two intervention and control groups.In order to observe the ethics of research, the MAC approach was taught to control group subjects after the intervention.
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Main outcome variables
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Sport anxiety
sport performance
acceptance