Understanding the relationship between perceived development of the competition plan and sport performance: mediating effects of self-efficacy and state depression.

The effectiveness of competition plans on athletes' performance outcomes was assessed while accounting for the mediating influence of state depression and self-efficacy. Competition plans reflect an integrated and personalized plan that consists of a set of decision-making rules based on the principles of self-control and self-efficacy development that are tailored to the specific demands of an upcoming competition in a given sport and highly individualized to take into account the specific qualities of the athlete. The relationship between the development of a competition plan and athletes' evaluations of their competitive outcomes was of interest. 11 elite athletes participating in 104 competitions involving 7 different sports participated. Results support the beneficial effect of a well-developed competition plan in affecting athletes' perceived performance; the relationship was mediated by state depression and self-efficacy. Coaches and sport psychologists should devote increased attention to the development and refinement of athletes' precompetition performance plans while also considering participants' self-efficacy and mood characteristics.

Bienestar psicológico y psicopatología: estudio de un caso de intervención en el equipo técnico y deportistas de un Club de Tenis / Psychological wellbeing and psychopathology: a case study of intervention with coaching staff and players at a tennis club

Como consecuencia de la intensa participación en el deporte, los atletas no solo pueden experimentar sentimientos positivos de bienestar sino que también experimentar cantidades significativas de estrés que pueden contribuir a la psicopatología. La investigación sobre la psicopatología en el deporte es un área de estudio relativamente reciente y las investigaciones se han focalizado más estrechamente sobre algunos tópicos de estudio. El propósito de esta investigación fue dar cuenta de una intervención psicológica que se desarrollo una vez que se detecto que uno de los tenistas del equipo deportivo sufre un episodio maníaco, dado que dicha situación afectó la organización deportiva y la estabilidad emocional de entrenadores y grupo de jugadores. El enfoque de la intervención estuvo dirigida al equipo técnico y deportistas y se baso en el Modelo de Bienestar Psicológico de Carol Ryff (AU)

Due to their intensive sporting activities, athletes might not only experience positive outcomes and a state of psychological wellbeing but also a considerable amount of stress which can contribute to psychopathological states. Research into psychopathology in sport is a relatively recent field of study and investigations have focused rather narrowly on a few limited areas of study. The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of psychological intervention after a young tennis player experienced a manic episode which affected the emotional wellbeing of other individuals from the same sporting environment, including the coaches and other athletes. The intervention, directed at the coaching staff and athletes, was based on the Psychological Wellbeing Model developed by Carol Ryff (AU)

Estrategias de afrontamiento y bienestar psicológico en jóvenes tenistas de competición / Coping strategies and psychological well-being in adolescent competition tennis player

El propósito de nuestra investigación fue examinar los tipos de estrategias preferidas por tenistasadolescentes con atención a la efectividad percibida de las estrategias y las consecuencias en el estado de bienestar de losjugadores. Los participantes en la investigación fueron 26 adolescentes tenistas de una edad media de 15 años participandoa un nivel muy alto en Chile. El cuestionario de Aproximación al Afrontamiento en el Deporte (ACSQ-1) fue utilizado paramedir la manera de aproximación al afrontamiento y la evaluación del bienestar psicológico se realizó a través la Escala deBienestar Psicológico. Los resultados indicaron que la estrategia calma emocional fue la estrategia favorecida por lostenistas por lo general. Al mismo tiempo, la calma emocional y la planificación activa fueron las estrategias evaluadas másaltamente en beneficiar el rendimiento de ellos. Otro resultado importante fue que los tenistas que menos se autoaceptaronutilizaron más la estrategia de calma emocional y que aquellos con más autoaceptación utilizaron en mayor frecuencia laestrategia de retraimiento mental. Otro hallazgo fue que los jóvenes que declaran mayor dominio del entorno utilizanmayoritariamente el retraimiento mental como estrategia de afrontamiento. Los resultados indicaron que diferenciasindividuales existen en la preferencia para estrategias de afrontamiento en jóvenes tenistas y que las estrategias tienenefectos diferenciados en el bienestar (AU)

The study aimed to examine the types of coping strategies preferred by adolescent competition tennisplayers and specific attention was paid to understanding these strategies’ perceived effectiveness and the coping strategy’ssubsequent effects on well-being. The sample for the study was made up of 27 adolescent tennis players with a mean ageof 15 years who participate at a high competitive level. The Approach to Coping in Sport Questionnaire (ACSQ-1) was used tomeasure the coping strategy used by the players and their psychological well-being was assessed by the Psychological Well-Being Scale. The results indicated that the emotional calming strategy was the tennis players’ preferred coping strategy in general. At the same time, emotional calming and active planning were the strategies the players’ considered to be the mosteffective in terms of improving performance. An additional finding was that players with lower levels of self-acceptancerelied more heavily on the emotional calming strategy and those with higher levels of self-acceptance used mentaldistancing more frequently. Players who perceived greater environmental control relied more heavily upon mentaldistancing as their preferred coping strategy. These findings indicate that individual differences were present in terms ofpreferred coping strategies and that the strategies produced differentiated effects on well-being for young competitiontennis players (AU)

Estado del arte, y perspectiva actual del concepto de bienestar psicológico en psicología del deporte / State of the art and current perspective of psychological well-being in sport psychology

La Teoría del bienestar Psicológico (Ryff, 1989) constituye uno de los eslabones fundamentales de la psicología positiva, la cual ha estado en marcada principalmente entre dos perspectivas que explican un modelo de mundo y un modelo de sujeto (Díaz, 2006). Ryff (1989) enuncia su modelo bautizado como “Modelo Integrado de Desarrollo Personal” (Integrated Model of Personal Develoment). Considerando que el deporte y la vida deportiva son actividades que requieren ser resistentes, alta capacidad volitiva, autonomía, poseer desafíos, plantearse objetivos, cumplir metas, crecer como persona, adaptarse a los distintos ambientes y cambios y para ello, relacionarse positivamente con el entorno, ser saludable, y mantener un control sobre lo que se hace, es por eso que nos detendremos en el concepto, y el análisis del bienestar psicológico y sus implicancias en el deporte y la psicología del deporte, desde el enfoque de Carol Ryff.

Well-being psychology theory (Ryff, 1989) is one of the essential links of positive psychology, which has been mainly framed between two perspectives that explain a model of world and a model of person (Díaz, 2006). Ryff (1989) states her model baptized as “Integrated Model of Personal Development”. Considering that sport, and life cycle sport are activities that demand to be strong, to have superior volitive skills, autonomy, be challenging, set up objectives, meet aims, grow as person, adapt to different environments and changes, and for that purpose, establish positive relationship with the others, be healthy and maintain self control, is for that reason we will stop into this concept and the analysis of psychological wellbeing and its involvement in sport, and sport psychology, from Carol Ryff perspective.