Assessing Decentering Capacity in Athletes: A Moderated Mediation Model.

ABSTRACT: Decentering has received more attention in sports literature as a self-regulating skill capable of significantly limiting episodes of mental block in competitive situations. This contribution depicts a comparative study conducted with 375 Italian national and international athletes. The objective was to evaluate athletes' decentralization skills across different sports and levels of competition and test a mediation model of decentering in sports with coping and emotional balance variables. Pearson bivariate correlations, linear hierarchical regression, and simple mediation analysis were conducted for all main measures (The Decentering Sport Scale, The Emotion Regulation Questionnaire, and The Coping Orientations to Problems Experienced). Outputs reported significant associations with emoti

SUBMITTER: Diotaiuti P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9962655 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature