Dispositional mindfulness and stress among university student-athletes
| dc.contributor.author | Kristjanson, Kevin | |
| dc.contributor.examiningcommittee | Keough, Matt (Psychology) | en_US |
| dc.contributor.examiningcommittee | Strachan, Leisha (Kinesiology and Recreation Management) | en_US |
| dc.contributor.supervisor | Bailis, Dan (Psychology), Leslie-Toogood, Adrienne (Psychology) | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-09-14T20:48:18Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-09-14T20:48:18Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2018-08-30 | en_US |
| dc.date.submitted | 2018-08-30T23:23:45Z | en |
| dc.degree.discipline | Psychology | en_US |
| dc.degree.level | Master of Arts (M.A.) | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Participating in university sport can introduce sources of stress, where the demands faced by student-athletes exceeds their perceived ability to cope. The purpose of this research was to examine individual differences in mindfulness – the nonjudgmental, purposeful direction of attention to experience – as a predictor of stress and stress-recovery in student-athletes. Student-athletes (N = 52) from Manitoba universities completed measures of mindfulness, stress, and personality during their competition season. Principal component analysis revealed two dimensions of stress within this sample: socio-emotional stress and feelings of fitness/exhaustion surrounding practice or competition. Mindfulness, when treated as a unitary construct, was related to both types of stress, but controlling for neuroticism eliminated this relationship. Using the five-facet model of mindfulness, acting with awareness and non-judging of experience were related to feelings of fitness/exhaustion, even when controlling for neuroticism. The results of this study may inform the assessment of stress and intervention strategies for student-athletes. | en_US |
| dc.description.note | October 2018 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1993/33396 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
| dc.rights | open access | en_US |
| dc.subject | Mindfulness | en_US |
| dc.subject | Stress | en_US |
| dc.subject | Sport | en_US |
| dc.subject | Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire | en_US |
| dc.subject | Recovery-Stress Questionnaire | en_US |
| dc.subject | Student-athletes | en_US |
| dc.title | Dispositional mindfulness and stress among university student-athletes | en_US |
| dc.type | master thesis | en_US |