A pilot study : can mindfulness help high performance athletes? : a Masters thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Masters of Science in Psychology, Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand
| dc.contributor.author | Rapley, Taylor | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-06-08T02:06:04Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-06-08T02:06:04Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021 | |
| dc.description.abstract | To investigate whether mindfulness is effective for decreasing perceived stress in high performance athletes experiencing high levels of stress, the current single case pilot study (SCD) employed a Mindfulness Based Intervention (MBI) consisting of a video recorded mindfulness psychoeducation session, followed by the ‘1 Giant Mind – Learn to Meditate’ phone application. Participants (N = 3) were instructed to use the ‘1 Giant Mind – Learn to Meditate’ smartphone application and meditate once a day for 30 days. The study measured participants' perceived stress, psychological inflexibility, dispositional mindfulness and self-compassion at baseline, mid and post intervention. Mindfulness psychoeducation and meditation effectively decreased perceived stress and psychological inflexibility, and increased dispositional mindfulness and self-compassion from baseline to post intervention for all three participants, with a large group level effect across all four measures. Given that athletes are particularly vulnerable to experiencing the detriments of stress, this research is necessary to gain a better understanding of the benefits of mindfulness psychoeducation and meditation on high performance athletes experiencing high levels of stress. | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10179/17157 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.publisher | Massey University | en |
| dc.rights | The Author | en |
| dc.subject.anzsrc | 520406 Sensory processes, perception and performance | en |
| dc.title | A pilot study : can mindfulness help high performance athletes? : a Masters thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Masters of Science in Psychology, Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand | en |
| dc.type | Thesis | en |
| massey.contributor.author | Rapley, Taylor | |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Psychology | en |
| thesis.degree.level | Masters | en |
| thesis.degree.name | Masters of Science (MSc) | en |