Programas de Intervención Psicológica con atletas para la mejora del rendimiento: una revisión actual

Abstract

: Sport psychology is a discipline in continuous development and its relevance has been booming in recent decades. The proven influence of psychological skills in the practice of sports performance has increased the demand for specialist psychologists by athletes, clubs and institutions in competitions at different levels of performance. In this sense, the design and implementation of effective psychological training programmes to optimise the best performance of athletes is fundamental for the development of the psychologist’s work. The aim of this research was to analyse the psychological intervention and training programmes that have been carried out on performance athletes. Method: Following the PRISMA methodology, documentary searches were carried out in a recent time period, la capacidad aten cional entre otras variables (Solé et al., 2014) además de ser un facilitador de reducción de los niveles de burnout y de la aceptación de la realidad, aunque este tipo de intervención no parece afectar de forma significativa para variables como la autoconfianza (Palmi y Solé, 2016). En relación con las in tervenciones cognitivas y cognitivo conductuales existen nu merosos estudios que inclusion and exclusion criteria, a total of 33 scientific articles on the subject were analysed. The results show, among other data, that 2020 accounted for 27.27% of the articles published on the subject, with the USA, Spain and Ukraine being the most productive countries. The interventions implemented are varied, although they are mainly cognitive-behavioural in nature, although others such as acceptance and commitment therapy and new techniques such as mindfulness are also used. The sport on which the programmes are mainly implemented is football, with the main variables addressed during the interventions being stress, self-confidence and self-esteem.