Dispositional Mindfulness May Have Protected Athletes from Psychological Distress During COVID-19 in Australia

O’Connor, Edward J.; Crozier, Alyson J; Murphy, Alistair; Immink, Maarten A

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Dispositional Mindfulness May Have Protected Athletes from Psychological Distress During COVID-19 in Australia

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O’Connor, Edward J., Crozier, Alyson J, Murphy, Alistair, Immink, Maarten A·2022·Perceptual and Motor Skills

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Promoting athlete wellbeing has become a priority in elite sport, and the COVID-19 pandemic has accentuated the need for a comprehensive understanding of risk and protective factors. Existing sport research has not yet considered whether specific cognitive factors such as dispositional mindfulness and executive function may protect athletes against psychological distress. In a sample of high-performance Australian football athletes ( n = 27), we administered measures of dispositional mindfulness (MAAS), executive function (AOSPAN; eStroop), and psychological distress (APSQ) at pre-season, coinciding with the initial (2020) COVID-19-related sport shutdown in Australia. Measures of executive function and psychological distress were re-administered at the end of the COVID-19 affected competitive season in 2020. Athletes reported significantly elevated psychological distress relative to previous estimates of distress among high-performance athletes established in prior studies. Executive functions, including working memory and inhibitory control were not significantly associated with psychological distress or dispositional mindfulness at either timepoint. However, baseline mindfulness was associated with reduced distress at both pre-season (r = -0.48, p = .03) and end of season (r = -0.56, p = .004), suggesting that dispositional mindfulness may have afforded protective buffering against symptoms of distress. Correlation data alone does not establish a directional connection from…

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Authors: O’Connor, E. J., Crozier, A. J., Murphy, A., & Immink, M. A.
Affiliations: University of South Australia (AU)
Sports Science and Sports Medicine Unit, Tennis Australia, Melbourne, VIC Australia
Flinders University (AU)
Corresponding author: Immink, Maarten A
ORCID: O’Connor, Edward J.
Crozier, Alyson J
Immink, Maarten A
Venue: Perceptual and Motor Skills
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Published: 2022-04-10
Volume: 129
Issue: 3
Pages: 670-695
ISSN: 0031-5125 (ISSN-L)
1558-688X
DOI: 10.1177/00315125221087523
PMC: PMC9008473
OpenAlex: W4223526526
Cited by: 12
References: 74
Citations by year: 2026: 3 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 1
FWCI: 3.43
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: green
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Licence: journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations: Perceptual and Motor Skills (publishedVersion)
PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders: Australian Government (Research Training Program Domestic PhD Scholarship, Norwood Football Club, PhD Scholarship Top-up Fund and Project Grant)
Topics: Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Sport Psychology and Performance
Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › COVID-19 and Mental Health
Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
Keywords: trait mindfulness, psychological distress, athletes, COVID-19 pandemic, executive function, working memory, inhibitory control, protective factors, athlete well-being, Australian football
MeSH terms: Psychological Distress, COVID-19, Australia, Humans, Athletes, Pandemics, Mindfulness

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