Developing decision making in Rugby Union match officials using rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT) |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Rugby Football Union, Rugby House, Twickenham Stadium, United Kingdom;2. Faculty of Health and Education, Manchester Metropolitan University, United Kingdom;1. Université de Toulon, LAMHESS, EA 6312, Toulon, France;2. Université Côte d''Azur, LAMHESS, EA 6312, Nice, France;3. Université de Claude Bernard, Lyon 1, L-Vis, EA 7428, Lyon, France;4. Université de Caen, CIRNEF, EA 965, Caen, France;1. Institute of Sports Medicine, Alpine Medicine & Health Tourism, Private University for Health Sciences, Medical Informatics and Technology, Eduard-Wallnöfer-Zentrum 1, 6060, Hall in Tyrol, Austria;2. Carnegie School of Sport, Leeds Beckett University, Fairfax Hall, Headingley Campus, Leeds, LS6 3QS, United Kingdom;1. German Sport University Cologne, Cologne, Germany;2. Utah State University, Logan, Utah, USA;1. MANIBUS Lab, Department of Psychology, University of Torino, Torino, Italy;2. Department of Experimental Medicine, Section of Human Physiology, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy;3. NIT, Neuroscience Institute of Turin, Turin, Italy;1. Faculty of Sport, Health and Social Sciences, Solent University Southampton, Southampton, Hampshire, United Kingdom;2. Department of Science, Innovation, Technology, and Entrepreneurship, University of Exeter, Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom;3. School of Sport and Health Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom |
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| Abstract: | There is a dearth of applied research to inform psychological provision for match-officials. The application of rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT; Ellis, 1957) is becoming established as an effective psychological intervention with elite performers. This paper examined the effects of four one-to-one REBT sessions on irrational beliefs, anxiety, decision rumination and reinvestment, and match officiating performance with two elite rugby match officials. Using a single-case, staggered multiple-baseline across participants research design, visual and statistical analyses showed that the intervention brought about significant, immediate and maintained (12 week follow-up) reductions in irrational beliefs. Furthermore, participants also reported reductions in anxiety, and decision making reinvestment, alongside increased match official performance for one participant. The current study lends some initial support for the application of REBT with match officials, and develops understanding into potential links between irrational beliefs and decision making performance. The results are discussed in terms of theory, applied implications, limitations and future research. |
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| Keywords: | Applied sports psychology Match-officials Intervention CBT Rugby Union |
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