Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10316/115346
Title: Mindfulness and Psychological Inflexibility in Portuguese Adolescent Athletes: A Novel Framework for Understanding the Link Between Shame and Sports Anxiety
Authors: Oliveira, Sara Margarida Simões de
Cunha, Marina Isabel Vieira Antunes da 
Rosado, António Fernando Boleto
Saraiva, Mariana
Ferreira, Cláudia 
Keywords: Young athletes; Competitive anxiety; Sports shame
Issue Date: 2024
Publisher: Human Kinetics
Project: SFRH/BD/143410/2019 
Serial title, monograph or event: Journal of Clinical Sport Psychology
Abstract: This study aimed to test a comprehensive model in adolescent athletes that explores the effect of shame on sports anxiety and whether psychological inflexibility and mindfulness influence this association. The sample study included 210 young Portuguese athletes from different competitive sports. The path analysis results confirmed the adequacy of the proposed model, which explained 49% of the variance in sports anxiety. Results demonstrated that athletes who experienced higher levels of shame tended to exhibit elevated levels of sports anxiety through lower levels of mindfulness and higher psychological inflexibility. The study offers new empirical data that may be relevant for clinical and sport psychology practitioners. These findings seem to underline the importance of addressing shame and, consequently, sports anxiety in adolescent athletes by developing greater psychological flexibility and, inherently, more mindfulness skills among adolescent athletes who are in a phase of their lives where sport can play a crucial role.
URI: https://hdl.handle.net/10316/115346
DOI: 10.1123/jcsp.2023-0041
Rights: openAccess
Appears in Collections:FPCEUC - Artigos em Revistas Internacionais
I&D CINEICC - Artigos em Revistas Internacionais

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