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Adaptation to stress in football athletes: The importance of cognitive appraisal
This study analysed the adaptation of football athletes to competitive stressors regarding the upcoming match. For that, the study adopted a cross-sectional methodology using a critical incident approach. The participants were 352 young male football athletes, aged between 15 and 19 years (M = 16.91...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9450948/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36092121 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.939840 |
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author | Gomes, A. Rui Simães, Clara Morais, Catarina Cunha, Ricardo |
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description | This study analysed the adaptation of football athletes to competitive stressors regarding the upcoming match. For that, the study adopted a cross-sectional methodology using a critical incident approach. The participants were 352 young male football athletes, aged between 15 and 19 years (M = 16.91, SD = 0.99), who were competing in the national football championship. The results indicated that cognitive appraisal partially mediated the relationship between competitive stressors and emotions: athletes who perceived stressors as a challenge, tended to feel more control over the situation and more resourceful (coping perception), leading to a more positive emotional experience, while those perceiving the stressors as a threat were more prone to experience less control and more negative emotions. This mediation model was moderated by athletes’ competitive level (U17 or U19), as the role of challenge perception was more pronounced in the U19 team, while the relationship between threat perception and less control was only observed for the U17 team. In sum, the data reveals the importance of cognitive appraisal in young football athletes’ adaptation to competitive stressors, bolstering the theoretical models in this area and the importance of psychologists to consider these variables during intervention, particularly cognitive appraisal. |
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spelling | pubmed-94509482022-09-08 Adaptation to stress in football athletes: The importance of cognitive appraisal Gomes, A. Rui Simães, Clara Morais, Catarina Cunha, Ricardo Front Psychol Psychology This study analysed the adaptation of football athletes to competitive stressors regarding the upcoming match. For that, the study adopted a cross-sectional methodology using a critical incident approach. The participants were 352 young male football athletes, aged between 15 and 19 years (M = 16.91, SD = 0.99), who were competing in the national football championship. The results indicated that cognitive appraisal partially mediated the relationship between competitive stressors and emotions: athletes who perceived stressors as a challenge, tended to feel more control over the situation and more resourceful (coping perception), leading to a more positive emotional experience, while those perceiving the stressors as a threat were more prone to experience less control and more negative emotions. This mediation model was moderated by athletes’ competitive level (U17 or U19), as the role of challenge perception was more pronounced in the U19 team, while the relationship between threat perception and less control was only observed for the U17 team. In sum, the data reveals the importance of cognitive appraisal in young football athletes’ adaptation to competitive stressors, bolstering the theoretical models in this area and the importance of psychologists to consider these variables during intervention, particularly cognitive appraisal. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-08-24 /pmc/articles/PMC9450948/ /pubmed/36092121 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.939840 Text en Copyright © 2022 Gomes, Simães, Morais and Cunha. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Psychology Gomes, A. Rui Simães, Clara Morais, Catarina Cunha, Ricardo Adaptation to stress in football athletes: The importance of cognitive appraisal |
title | Adaptation to stress in football athletes: The importance of cognitive appraisal |
title_full | Adaptation to stress in football athletes: The importance of cognitive appraisal |
title_fullStr | Adaptation to stress in football athletes: The importance of cognitive appraisal |
title_full_unstemmed | Adaptation to stress in football athletes: The importance of cognitive appraisal |
title_short | Adaptation to stress in football athletes: The importance of cognitive appraisal |
title_sort | adaptation to stress in football athletes: the importance of cognitive appraisal |
topic | Psychology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9450948/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36092121 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.939840 |
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