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Study aim
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The effectiveness of mindfulness-based training on stable and selective attention, emotional process and planning in athletes.
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Design
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At first, the researcher invites qualified athletes to participate in the study by calling for coaches and sports clubs. Then, 30 qualified athletes will be selected and assigned to two groups of control and intervention.
In the next step, some explanations are provided in order to the athletes get acquainted with the aims, how to hold the meetings and run the pre-test before the interventions, about the importance, goals and manner of conducting the training course, then a pre-test is taken and interventions will be carried out.
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Settings and conduct
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The place of intervention is sports clubs in Tehran and the study is not blind.
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Participants/Inclusion and exclusion criteria
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The participants will include 30 Judo athletes who will be selected by random sampling and will randomly assign in the control and intervention groups. Inclusion criteria are including: age 18 to 30 years, active participation in one of the Judo teams for at least one year in the relevant field and having diploma as the minimum level of education. Exclusion criteria include: non-attending intervention sessions for more than three sessions, dissatisfaction to attend an intervention, and a history of psychological and physical disability.
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Intervention groups
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Participants in the intervention group will receive six sessions mindfulness training on emotional process (Kauffman, Glass and Pineau, 2006) for a six consecutive weeks, 90-minute session each week. At the end of the intervention, one post-test is taken and after two months, the a follow-up test will be taken.
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Main outcome variables
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Sustainable attention, selective attention, planning, emotional processing