Effects of a Mindfulness-Based Intervention on Sustained and Selective Attention in Young Top-Level Athletes in a School Training Setting: A Randomized Control Trial Study
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Attention is a key success factor in elite sports. Mindfulness training is suspected to be a determinant of attention. The present study was a wait-list controlled investigation of the effects of a mindfulness-based sport psychology program on sustained and selective attention in young elite athletes (n = 137) and the effects of mindfulness training dosage on improving attention scores. In addition, long-term effects were examined. Selective and sustained attention were assessed in a pre–post design using the Frankfurter Aufmerksamkeits-Inventar 2, a go/no-go task. The results of this study indicate that the Berlin Mindfulness-Based Training for Athletes improved both sustained and selective attention in young athletes and that more training in the same amount of time resulted in higher scores in the assessment. The data also indicate that students who continued to practice independently after the intervention had higher scores in the long-term measure.
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Mindfulness training improves athletes' attention and increases awareness of the present moment.
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- Authors
- Kittler, C., Arnold, M., & Jekauc, D.
- Affiliations
- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (DE)
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (DE)
- Corresponding author
- Kittler, Christoph
- Venue
- The Sport Psychologist
- Publisher
- Human Kinetics
- Published
- 2022-06-01
- Volume
- 36
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 77-88
- ISSN
- 0888-4781 (ISSN-L)
- 1543-2793
- OpenAlex
- W4205140832
- Cited by
- 19
- References
- 8
- Citations by year
- 2026: 4 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 1
- FWCI
- 5.71
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- The Sport Psychologist (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Sport Psychology and Performance
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
- Social Sciences › Safety Research › Martial Arts: Techniques, Psychology, and Education
- Keywords
- mindfulness training, sustained attention, selective attention, elite athletes, youth athletes, sport psychology intervention, training dose, long-term effects, independent practice, go/no-go task
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