Acute sport‐related stressors, coping, and emotion among professional rugby union players during training and matches

Nicholls, Adam R.; Jones, Christopher; Polman, Remco; Borkoles, Erika

doi:10.1111/j.1600-0838.2008.00772.x

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“…The average intensity for the positive and negative emotions was of similar magnitude reported by the Rugby Union athletes in the Nicholls, Jones et al, 2009. study.…”

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confidence: 61%

“…Nicholls, Jones et al (2009) found that Caucasian and Fijian Rugby Union athletes experienced more negative emotions, whereas the Malaysian tenpin bowlers in the present study experienced a similar number of positive and negative emotions independent of the phase or importance of the competition. Our finding supports the idea that positive and negative emotions are independent yet can co-exist in the sport context .…”

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“…There also appears a difference in the type of emotions experienced by the Malaysian tenpin bowlers and the Rugby Union athletes in the Nicholls, Jones, et al, 2009 study. The tenpin bowlers reported mainly anger (19% of the total emotions reported) and sadness (18%) as the negative and hope (25%) and relief (16%) as the positive emotions, whereas the Rugby Union athletes reported anxiety (44%) and anger (42%) as the negative and pride (6%) and hope (4.2%) as the positive emotions.…”

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confidence: 95%

“…In addition, the context also seems to influence coping effectiveness. Nicholls, Jones, Polman, and Borkoles (2009) reported significant differences in stressors and coping responses during training and competition among five professional Rugby Union players. They found that coping effectiveness was significantly higher during training as opposed to during competition.…”

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Stress, coping, coping effectiveness and emotions in Malaysian Elite tenpin bowlers: Role of context and importance

Wong

Teo

Polman

2015

International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology

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Professional tenpin bowlers were examined for their stressors experienced, coping, coping effectiveness and emotional reactions prior to and during minor and major competitions. Fifteen tenpin bowlers (male n = 6; female n = 9) completed a diary pack on three separate periods: one minor competition period and two major competitions periods. Tenpin bowlers completed a diary to report their stressor encounters, coping strategies, coping effectiveness, resulting emotions and their intensity on a daily basis. Results showed that the tenpin bowlers experienced a limited (n = 5) number of stressors over time which accounted for 95% of the stressors reported, almost similar to those observed in Caucasian athletes. However, unlike Caucasian athletes our sample reported a similar number of positive and negative emotions. Context (training vs. competitions) and the importance of the competition were found to influence stress and coping process especially at the level of individual stressors. Findings suggest a need to further examine cultural similarities and differences in the stress, coping and emotion process among athletes to prevent misunderstanding and miscommunication. This will allow the development interventions which are not only situation and context specific but also culturally sensitive.

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“…The average intensity for the positive and negative emotions was of similar magnitude reported by the Rugby Union athletes in the Nicholls, Jones et al, 2009. study.…”

Section: Emotion Intensitysupporting

confidence: 61%

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confidence: 56%

Section: Emotionsmentioning

confidence: 95%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Stress, coping, coping effectiveness and emotions in Malaysian Elite tenpin bowlers: Role of context and importance

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Teo

Polman

2015

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“…For STRESS, COPING, AND EMOTIONS IN SOCCER 5 example, in a diary-based study of professional rugby union players (Nicholls, Jones, Polman, & Borkoles, 2009), many of the stressors reported for match days were related to other people (opponents, referee, or crowd). With respect to match day coping strategies, blocking (an avoidance strategy) was most frequently cited.…”

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Stress, Coping, and Emotions on the World Stage: The Experience of Participating in a Major Soccer Tournament Penalty Shootout

Jordet

Elferink‐Gemser

2012

Journal of Applied Sport Psychology

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This file was dowloaded from the institutional repository Brage NIH -brage.bibsys.no/nih Jordet, G., Elferink-Gemser, M. (2012 The experience of participating in a major soccer tournament penalty shootout STRESS, COPING, AND EMOTIONS IN SOCCER 2 AbstractThis study was designed to capture the first-hand experiences of stressors, coping, and emotions that elite professional soccer players have during a major soccer penalty shootout. Eight players who each took part in an important European Championships penalty shootout were interviewed. The results showed that the experience of stressors, coping, and emotions changed extensively throughout the event. Moreover, the participants experienced a series of different stressors, some of which were specific to the penalty shootout, and they employed a variety of coping strategies. Anxiety was the most common emotion. Practitioners can use these results to help design valid simulation protocols.

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The Mental Health of Elite Athletes: A Narrative Systematic Review

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BackgroundThe physical impacts of elite sport participation have been well documented; however, there is comparatively less research on the mental health and psychological wellbeing of elite athletes.ObjectiveThis review appraises the evidence base regarding the mental health and wellbeing of elite-level athletes, including the incidence and/or nature of mental ill-health and substance use.MethodsA systematic search of the PubMed, EMBASE, SPORTDiscus, PsycINFO, Cochrane and Google Scholar databases, up to and including May 2015, was conducted.ResultsThe search yielded a total of 2279 records. Following double screening, 60 studies were included. The findings suggested that elite athletes experience a broadly comparable risk of high-prevalence mental disorders (i.e. anxiety, depression) relative to the general population. Evidence regarding other mental health domains (i.e. eating disorders, substance use, stress and coping) is less consistent. These results are prefaced, however, by the outcome of the quality assessment of the included studies, which demonstrated that relatively few studies (25 %) were well reported or methodologically rigorous. Furthermore, there is a lack of intervention-based research on this topic.ConclusionThe evidence base regarding the mental health and wellbeing of elite athletes is limited by a paucity of high-quality, systematic studies. Nonetheless, the research demonstrates that this population is vulnerable to a range of mental health problems (including substance misuse), which may be related to both sporting factors (e.g. injury, overtraining and burnout) and non-sporting factors. More high-quality epidemiological and intervention studies are needed to inform optimal strategies to identify and respond to player mental health needs.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (doi:10.1007/s40279-016-0492-2) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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Acute sport‐related stressors, coping, and emotion among professional rugby union players during training and matches

Cited by 64 publications

References 32 publications

Stress, coping, coping effectiveness and emotions in Malaysian Elite tenpin bowlers: Role of context and importance

Stress, coping, coping effectiveness and emotions in Malaysian Elite tenpin bowlers: Role of context and importance

Stress, Coping, and Emotions on the World Stage: The Experience of Participating in a Major Soccer Tournament Penalty Shootout

The Mental Health of Elite Athletes: A Narrative Systematic Review

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