Kara Mehmet, Ogras Emre Bulent, Talaghir Laurentiu-Gabriel, Iconomescu Teodora Mihaela, Gumus Huseyin
Faculty of Sports Sciences, Mersin University, Mersin, Turkey.
Faculty of Physical Education and Sport, Dunarea de Jos University of Galati, Galati, Romania.
Front Psychol. 2025 Apr 15;16:1569973. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1569973. eCollection 2025.
This study aimed to investigate the impact of mental fatigue awareness on psychological recovery processes in athletes. It also examines the mediating role of cognitive reappraisal and the moderating effects of gender and alcohol use. A sample of 639 active athletes from diverse regions of Turkey participated in the online study. Data were collected through the Sport Psychological Recovery Scale, the Emotion Regulation Scale for Athletes, and the Mental Fatigue Awareness Scale in Athletes. The findings indicate that mental fatigue awareness has a direct, negative effect on recovery (β = -0.2526, < 0.001). Also, cognitive reappraisal partially mediates this relationship (β = -0.236, < 0.001). Gender was identified as a significant moderator, with women exhibiting a stronger negative impact of mental fatigue awareness on their recovery processes compared to men. However, the moderating effect of alcohol consumption was not statistically significant. The study contributes to the understanding of the interplay between mental fatigue awareness and recovery in athletes, highlighting the influence of cognitive and emotional regulation and the importance of gender as a moderating variable. Future research should employ longitudinal designs and larger samples to explore these relationships in greater depth.
本研究旨在调查心理疲劳意识对运动员心理恢复过程的影响。它还考察了认知重评的中介作用以及性别和饮酒的调节作用。来自土耳其不同地区的639名现役运动员参与了这项在线研究。通过运动心理恢复量表、运动员情绪调节量表和运动员心理疲劳意识量表收集数据。研究结果表明，心理疲劳意识对恢复有直接的负面影响（β = -0.2526，p < 0.001）。此外，认知重评部分中介了这种关系（β = -0.236，p < 0.001）。性别被确定为一个显著的调节变量，与男性相比，女性的心理疲劳意识对其恢复过程的负面影响更强。然而，饮酒的调节作用在统计学上并不显著。该研究有助于理解运动员心理疲劳意识与恢复之间的相互作用，突出了认知和情绪调节的影响以及性别作为调节变量的重要性。未来的研究应该采用纵向设计和更大的样本，以更深入地探索这些关系。
