Psychological Determinants of Whole-Body Endurance Performance.

ABSTRACT:

Background

No literature reviews have systematically identified and evaluated research on the psychological determinants of endurance performance, and sport psychology performance enhancement guidelines for endurance sports are not founded on a systematic appraisal of endurance-specific research.

Objective

A systematic literature review was conducted to identify practical psychological interventions that improve endurance performance and to identify additional psychological factors that affect endurance performance. Additional objectives were to evaluate the research practices of the included studies, to suggest theoretical and applied implications, and to guide future research.

Methods

Electronic databases, forward-citation searches and manual searches of reference l

SUBMITTER: McCormick A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4473096 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature