Using imagery for acceptance and wellbeing in sport

Q3 Health Professions
Robin S. Vealey, Christine E. Pacewicz
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The purpose of this article is to offer background and strategies to utilize mental imagery to enhance acceptance as a significant foundation for mental health and wellbeing in athletes. Sport possesses many threats to participants’ mental health and ability to flourish, including unrealistic expectations, pressure from others, and training demands. Although acceptance has been shown to be an important precursor to wellbeing, the prescribed culture of mental toughness in sport teaches athletes to be nonaccepting of mistakes and negative outcomes which often threaten their mental health. Athletes need to be educated and trained to practice acceptance as a strong, mature, mentally healthy response in terms of their self-perceptions, perceptions of others, and responses to external events. Mental imagery has a strong association with emotion and has been successfully used as an intervention technique to enhance physical and mental health. However, acceptance has not been an outcome of interest in most imagery interventions related to mental health, and future research on interventions to enhance acceptance is warranted. Some strategies and examples of using mental imagery to build acceptance and wellbeing are suggested.
在体育运动中利用图像促进接受和健康
本文旨在提供利用心理想象来增强运动员心理健康和幸福感的重要基础--接受的背景和策略。体育运动对参与者的心理健康和发展能力有许多威胁,包括不切实际的期望、来自他人的压力和训练要求。尽管接受已被证明是身心健康的重要先决条件,但体育运动中规定的精神强韧文化却教导运动员不接受错误和负面结果,这往往会威胁到他们的心理健康。需要对运动员进行教育和培训,使他们在自我认知、对他人的认知以及对外部事件的反应方面,将接受作为一种强大、成熟、心理健康的反应。心理想象与情绪有着密切的联系,并已被成功地用作一种干预技术,以增强身心健康。然而,在大多数与心理健康有关的意象干预中,接受并不是人们感兴趣的结果,因此,未来有必要对增强接受的干预进行研究。本文提出了一些使用心理意象来建立接纳和健康的策略和实例。
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Journal of Imagery Research in Sport and Physical Activity
Journal of Imagery Research in Sport and Physical Activity Health Professions-Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation
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期刊介绍: The Journal of Imagery Research in Sport and Physical Activity is the first peer-reviewed journal devoted to research on the role of imagery in sport, physical activity, exercise, and rehabilitation settings. Imagery, also referred to as cognitive enactment or visualization, is one of the most popular performance enhancement and rehabilitation techniques in sports and physical activity. Journal editors Craig Hall (University of Western Ontario) and Sandra Short (University of North Dakota) are recognized leaders in the field, and the journal’s editorial board represents leading institutions in the U.S., U.K., and Canada. The single destination for all imagery-related research in sports and in physical activity, the Journal of Imagery Research in Sport and Physical Activity is an indispensable tool for scholars and practitioners of imagery, sports science, kinesiology, physical education, and psychology Criteria for publication will include: - Outstanding quality; likely to be widely read and highly cited; - Relevance to the area; - Contribution to the advancement of imagery research; - Interest to specialists in the field and accessible to researchers with interests outside the immediate topic of the paper; - Readability and presentation.
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