Athletes' Coping With the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of Self-Compassion and Cognitive Appraisal.

IF 2 3区心理学 Q2 HOSPITALITY, LEISURE, SPORT & TOURISM

Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology Pub Date : 2024-01-08 Print Date: 2024-02-01 DOI:10.1123/jsep.2023-0175

Brittney B Aceron, Kathleen S Wilson, Matt D Hoffmann, Lenny Wiersma

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Abstract

Coping with the COVID-19 pandemic had implications for athletes' mental well-being. This mixed-methods study examined the influence of self-compassion on athletes' coping during the pandemic through the mediator of cognitive appraisal. The prospective design involved 90 athletes completing two online surveys 1 week apart measuring self-compassion, cognitive appraisal, and coping strategies. The PROCESS macro was used for the mediation analysis. A qualitative thematic analysis was used to explore athletes' responses to the pandemic during the second survey. Self-compassion had an indirect negative effect on avoidance-focused coping by appraising the pandemic as less of a threat (95% confidence interval [-0.20, -0.001]) and had a total effect on emotion-focused coping (95% confidence interval [0.02, 0.40]). Based on the thematic analysis, athletes described many raw emotions and a variety of coping strategies during the pandemic. Self-compassion demonstrated promising benefits to athletes who dealt with the challenging situation of the pandemic.

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运动员应对 COVID-19 大流行：自我同情和认知评估的作用。

应对 COVID-19 大流行对运动员的心理健康有影响。这项混合方法研究通过认知评估这一中介，考察了自我同情对运动员在大流行病期间的应对能力的影响。研究采用前瞻性设计，90 名运动员每隔一周完成两次在线调查，调查内容包括自我同情、认知评价和应对策略。采用 PROCESS 宏进行中介分析。在第二次调查中，采用了定性主题分析来探讨运动员对大流行病的反应。通过将大流行病评价为较小的威胁，自我同情对以回避为重点的应对方式产生了间接的负面影响（95% 置信区间[-0.20, -0.001]），并对以情绪为重点的应对方式产生了总体影响（95% 置信区间[0.02, 0.40]）。根据主题分析，运动员描述了大流行病期间的许多原始情绪和各种应对策略。自我同情对运动员应对大流行病的严峻形势大有裨益。

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Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology 医学-心理学

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3.60

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology (JSEP) is a peer-reviewed publication designed to stimulate and communicate research theory in all areas of sport and exercise psychology. JSEP emphasizes original research reports that advance our understanding of human behavior as it relates to sport and exercise. Comprehensive reviews employing both qualitative and quantitative methods are also encouraged, as well as brief reports of soundly designed research studies that are of special interest or importance. Areas of interest include research in social, clinical, developmental, and experimental psychology, as well as psychobiology and personality. Moreover, the terms sport and exercise may pertain to either the independent or dependent variables. Generally speaking, work on motor control processes, studies of sport as a social institution, or broader social issues are beyond the scope of JSEP. A wide variety of methods are acceptable for studying sport and exercise psychology topics.