Li Liang, Jing Longjun, Liu Yang, Tang Yiwei, Wang Huilin, Yang Jingyu
School of Physical Education, Hunan University of Science and Technology, Xiangtan 411201, China.
China Athletics College, Beijing Sport University, Beijing 100061, China.
Healthcare (Basel). 2023 Oct 10;11(20):2703. doi: 10.3390/healthcare11202703.
Injured athletes often face performance challenges upon returning to the field, influenced by external factors and negative emotions. This study investigates how mindfulness is associated with perfectionism, exercise self-efficacy, and competitive state anxiety in athletes recovering from injuries. Using snowball sampling and convenience sampling methods with a cross-sectional dataset of 359 participants from southern China (collected between October and November 2022), we employed structural equation modelling to analyse the relationship between mindfulness and competitive state anxiety in returning athletes. The results reveal that mindfulness interventions enhance exercise self-efficacy, boost task-related confidence, reshape perfectionism towards a positive outlook, and decrease competitive state anxiety. This study establishes positive correlations between perfectionism and competitive state anxiety, and a negative correlation between exercise self-efficacy and competitive state anxiety. Moreover, exercise self-efficacy and perfectionism partially mediate mindfulness's positive impact on competitive state anxiety. In conclusion, this research highlights mindfulness's potential to alleviate perfectionism and competitive state anxiety while enhancing exercise self-efficacy among athletes on the road to recovery.
受伤的运动员在重返赛场时往往面临表现挑战，这受到外部因素和负面情绪的影响。本研究调查了正念与受伤后恢复中的运动员的完美主义、运动自我效能感和竞技状态焦虑之间的关联。采用雪球抽样和便利抽样方法，对来自中国南方的359名参与者（于2022年10月至11月收集）的横断面数据集进行研究，我们运用结构方程模型来分析正念与重返赛场的运动员的竞技状态焦虑之间的关系。结果显示，正念干预可提高运动自我效能感，增强与任务相关的信心，将完美主义重塑为积极的观点，并降低竞技状态焦虑。本研究确立了完美主义与竞技状态焦虑之间的正相关，以及运动自我效能感与竞技状态焦虑之间的负相关。此外，运动自我效能感和完美主义部分介导了正念对竞技状态焦虑的积极影响。总之，本研究强调了正念在减轻完美主义和竞技状态焦虑的同时，增强恢复过程中运动员的运动自我效能感的潜力。
