This article surveys the extant literature on mental imagery as used in athletics for
performance enhancement, arousal regulation, affective and cognitive modification, and …

Fatigue, boredom, pain, performance anxiety, and negative thoughts are challenges
characteristic of competitive running. One psychological technique that is gaining support …

The Psychology of Concentration in Sport Performers: A Cognitive Analysis Page 1 Page 2 THE
PSYCHOLOGY OF CONCENTRATION IN SPORT PERFORMERS Page 3 This page …

Despite extensive research demonstrating relationships between hope and well being, little
work addresses whether hope is malleable. We test a single-session, 90-min intervention to …

Hope is the sum of goal thoughts as tapped by pathways and agency. Pathways reflect the
perceived capability to produce goal routes; agency reflects the perception that one can …

The MAC approach developed by connecting the more traditional scientific knowledge base
on human performance and self-regulation to more contemporary findings to do with meta …

While traditional cognitive-behavioral skills-training-based approaches to athletic
performance enhancement posit that negative thoughts and emotions must be controlled …

The purpose of the present investigation was to evaluate the long-term effects of mindful
sport performance enhancement (MSPE), a program designed to improve athletic …

The present study sought to determine the effects of Mindful Sport Performance
Enhancement (MSPE) on runners. Participants were 25 recreational long-distance runners …

Whereas traditional sports psychology interventions emphasize controlling or reducing
distress, mindfulness-based interventions teach tolerance and acceptance of negative …