4 research outputs found
Mindfulness with Collegiate Gymnasts: Effects on Flow, Stress and Overall Mindfulness Levels
The physical and psychological demands of sports can place an athlete under a variety of stressors. Subsequently, the way in which athletes deal with such stressors can positively or negatively affect their performance. Flow is defined as a type of experience where one is completely engaged in an activity and optimally functioning. Recently, an increase in mindfulness and acceptance based approaches have been utilized as a means to augment negative emotions in sport and many have suggested a link between mindfulness and flow. Thus, if mindfulness can positively influence flow, perhaps performance can also be positively affected. There has also been a need to determine optimal intervention lengths to successfully teach mindfulness practices within sports teams. The purpose of the current study was to examine the effects of a mindfulness training program on mindfulness scores, dispositional flow scores, and perceived stress scores within a population of Division I female collegiate gymnasts. Results from a repeated measures ANOVA indicated that athletes who participated in the mindfulness training demonstrated a statistically significant difference in the dispositional flow dimensions of loss of self-consciousness and the autotelic experience. These results suggest that mindfulness may influence factors associated with athletic performance
BLOOD FLOW RESTRICTION DOES NOT AFFECT ACUTE MEASURES OF POWER AND FATIGUE DURING MAXIMAL CYCLING AMONG WOMEN
While it is known that blood flow restriction (BFR) can positively affect training and rehabilitation progression timelines, the physiological basis of this intervention is not fully understood. The purpose of this study was to determine the short-term impact of BFR upon power and fatigue performance measures during maximal cycling. In this study, maximal cycling was assessed using the Wingate Anaerobic Test (WAnT). Using a counterbalanced design, fourteen female participants completed standardized BFR and non-BFR protocols while completing the WAnT. No statistically-significant differences (p ≤ 0.05) were found between conditions for measures of peak power (PP), low power (LP) or fatigue index (FI). These findings suggest that BFR had no statistically-significant acute effect on these performance measures commonly assessed during the WAnT
THE EFFECTS OF BLOOD FLOW RESTRICTION ON MEASURES OF GROSS MOTOR COORDINATION DURING THE WINGATE ANAEROBIC TEST
To date little research has addressed the impact of blood flow restriction (BFR) training upon gross motor coordination measures (GMCM) during a wide variety of maximal activities. The purpose of this study was to assess the effects of BFR on GMCM exhibited during maximal cycling. The performance of 14 females between the ages of eighteen and thirty-five were analyzed during the Wingate Anaerobic Test (WAnT). The participants completed the test under two conditions, using BFR and without. Results showed statistically significant differences (p ≤ 0.05) between conditions for dependent variables assessed throughout this common 30 second test of maximal cycling. These findings suggest that BFR negatively influenced GMCM exhibited during the WAnT
Developing tomorrow's leaders :examining relationships between servant, transformational, transactional, passive/avoidant leadership and emotional intelligence, motivation and leadership opportunities /by Zeljka Vidic.
The purpose of this study was to examine relationships between emotional intelligence (i.e. self-management, self-awareness, social awareness, and relationship management), core beliefs (i.e. beliefs about talent, motivational and social orientations) and leadership styles (i.e., passive/avoidant, transactional, transformational and servant leadership). In addition, the secondary purpose was to link the impact of leadership opportunities, class/grade level and semesters enrolled at the institute with the development of leadership styles. Participants included 535 male and female junior college and high-school cadets. A comprehensive online questionnaire was utilized to measure leadership styles (i.e., Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ), and Revised Servant Leadership Profile (RSLP)), emotional intelligence (i.e., Emotional and Social Competence Inventory (ESCI)), and motivational orientations (i e., Task-Ego Orientation in Sport Questionnaire (TEOSQ), Social Motivational Orientation in Sport Scale (SMOSS), and Conceptions of the Nature of Athletic Ability Questionnaire-Version 2 (CNAAQ-2)), and demographic variables (i.e., Cadet Demographic and Background Inventory (CDBI) to assess relationships between these variables. Canonical correlation results revealed a strong, positive relationship between all four components of emotional intelligence and the three higher order leadership styles (i.e., transactional, transformational and servant). In addition, the results demonstrated that high task orientation, learning beliefs, and recognition and affiliation social orientations, and lower capacity beliefs were significantly related to more advanced leadership styles (i.e., servant, transformational and transactional leadership). In addition, higher task orientation and learning beliefs, and to a lesser extent ego orientation, and lower capacity beliefs were significantly related to higher levels of emotional intelligence. Finally, individuals in higher grades who had more leadership opportunities, and to a lesser degree, had been enrolled more semesters at the military institute demonstrated a significant positive relationship with all three higher leadership styles (i.e., transactional, transformational and servant), and a negative relationship with passive/avoidant leadership.Thesis (Ph. D., Education)--University of Idaho, December 2007