The Effects of Mindfulness on Athlete Burnout, Subjective Well-being, and Flourishing Among Elite Athletes: A Test of Multiple Mediators
- 14-05-2021
- ORIGINAL PAPER
Gepubliceerd in:
- Auteurs
- Chun-Qing Zhang
- Xin Li
- Pak-Kwong Chung
- Zhijian Huang
- Danran Bu
- Dandan Wang
- Yang Guo
- Xiang Wang
- Gangyan Si
- Gepubliceerd in
- Mindfulness | Uitgave 8/2021
Abstract
Objectives
The current study aimed to examine the mediation effects of experiential acceptance, cognitive defusion, decentering, and nonattachment on the paths from mindfulness to athlete burnout, subjective well-being, and flourishing among elite athletes.
Methods
Chinese elite athletes (n = 515; 225 females) were recruited from three provincial sports centers representing 22 sports. The athletes completed self-reported measures of mindfulness, experiential acceptance, cognitive defusion, decentering, and nonattachment, athlete burnout, subjective well-being, and flourishing. Path analyses were conducted to test the mediation effects from mindfulness to athlete burnout, subjective well-being, and flourishing.
Results
Path analyses revealed that the effect from mindfulness to athlete burnout was mediated by experiential acceptance, cognitive defusion, and nonattachment, but not decentering. The effect from mindfulness to subjective well-being was mediated by decentering, cognitive defusion, and nonattachment, but not experiential acceptance. The effect from mindfulness to flourishing was mediated by decentering and nonattachment, but not experiential acceptance and cognitive defusion.
Conclusion
Findings from this study provided empirical support for the changing mechanisms regarding how mindfulness leads to adaptive and maladaptive outcomes, which can inform future mindfulness-based interventions for elite athletes.
- Titel
- The Effects of Mindfulness on Athlete Burnout, Subjective Well-being, and Flourishing Among Elite Athletes: A Test of Multiple Mediators
- Auteurs
-
Chun-Qing Zhang
Xin Li
Pak-Kwong Chung
Zhijian Huang
Danran Bu
Dandan Wang
Yang Guo
Xiang Wang
Gangyan Si
- Publicatiedatum
- 14-05-2021
- Uitgeverij
- Springer US
- Gepubliceerd in
-
Mindfulness / Uitgave 8/2021
Print ISSN: 1868-8527
Elektronisch ISSN: 1868-8535 - DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-021-01644-2
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