Mindful Performance Studies
In a well-designed randomized controlled trial with college athletes from multiple sports, the participants who practiced mindfulness and acceptance demonstrated significant performance improvement when compared with participants who received routine Psychological Skills Training (PST – goal-setting, arousal regulation, imagery, self-talk). Additionally, the athletes in the Mindfulness and Acceptance group showed increases in adaptive emotion regulation and psychological flexibility, and decreases in anxiety, general psychological distress, hostility, eating concerns, and substance use.….