An integrated mindfulness and acceptance-based program for young elite female basketball players: Exploratory study of how it works and for whom it works best |
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| Institution: | 1. Nantes Université, Movement - Interactions - Performance, MIP, UR 4334, F-44000, Nantes, France;2. University of Claude Bernard Lyon 1 – Univ Lyon, Laboratory of Vulnerabilities and Innovation in Sport (EA 7428), Faculty of Sport Sciences, Lyon, France;1. Department of Sport and Health Sciences, Technical University of Munich, Germany;2. School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences, University of Queensland, Australia;1. School of Health and Human Sciences, Southern Cross University, Locked Mail Bag 4, Coolangatta, QLD, Australia;2. Faculty of Health, School of Exercise & Nutrition Sciences, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, Australia;1. Univeristy of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA;2. University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA;1. Faculty of Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation, University of Alberta, 8831-116 Street, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2H9, Canada;2. Pavillon J.-Raymond Frenette, Centre de formation médicale du Nouveau-Brunswick, Université de Sherbrooke, Moncton, New Brunswick, E1A 3E9, Canada;3. Centre de recherche du centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal, Tour Saint-Antoine 850, rue Saint-Denis, Montréal, Québec, H2X 0A9, Canada;4. School of Human Kinetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, 125 University (MNT 339), Ottawa, Ontario, K1N 6N5, Canada;1. Department of Applied Physiology and Kinesiology, College of Health and Human Performance, University of Florida, 1864 Stadium Rd, P.O. Box 118205, Gainesville, FL, 32611, USA;2. Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, College of Public Health and Health Professions, University of Florida, 1225 Center Dr, Gainesville, FL, 32611, USA;1. Department of Social and Developmental Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy;2. Department of Movement, Human and Health Sciences, Foro Italico University of Rome, Rome, Italy;3. Department of Humanistic Studies, University of Naples \"Federico II\", Naples, Italy |
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| Abstract: | In order to better understand how an integrated mindfulness and acceptance-based intervention works and for whom it works best, study objectives were to examine (i) the trajectories of mindfulness skills and performance-related outcomes during the intervention, and athletes’ perceptions of the impact of the intervention; and (ii) the potential moderating effects of personality characteristics on changes in targeted variables associated with the intervention. The sample consisted of 40 young elite female basketball players (M = 16.33, SD = 0.75 years) from three incoming groups at the French Federal Basketball Center over a 3-year period. All players participated in a 15-week Mindfulness BasketBall Integrated program. They completed online questionnaires measuring personality traits 10 months before the intervention, as well as pre-, mid- and post-intervention measurements of mindfulness skills, intensity and directional interpretation of stress, and performance satisfaction. They also participated in semi-structured social validation interviews conducted one month after the intervention. The results of the multilevel growth curve (MGCA) and thematic analyses revealed how the mindfulness skills and performance-related outcomes evolved over the course of the intervention and how these changes were perceived by the athletes. Specifically, the MGCA showed significant linear increases in acceptance, positive stress direction, and performance satisfaction. The complementary social validation data indicated perceived improvements in mindfulness skills and performance. The MGCA also showed that baseline personality traits moderated the effects of the program on acceptance and experience of stress. These findings may be used to inform the design of more effective integrated mindfulness and acceptance-based interventions. |
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| Keywords: | Mental training Elite athletes Multilevel growth curve analyses Moderation Social validation Mixed methods |
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