From Evaluation to Prediction: Behavioral Effects and Biological Markers of Cognitive Control Intervention

Xuan, Bin

doi:10.1155/2020/1869459

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“…Up to now, the academic field extensively deployed cognitive and behavioral intervention techniques to regulate athletes' psychological states (Birrer and Morgan, 2010). A prominent cognitive approach includes imagery and suggestion training (Xuan, 2020;Kulshrestha et al, 2021). The behavioral strategies encompass progressive relaxation, biofeedback, and systematic desensitization methodologies (Huang et al, 2019).…”

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A study on the impact of systematic desensitization training on competitive anxiety among Latin dance athletes

Chen,

Zhou,

Gong

et al. 2024

Front. Psychol.

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ObjectiveIn the domain of competitive events, Latin dance athletes have always suffered competitive anxiety, which is a prevalent and prevailing psychological facet, in pre-, intra-, and post-competitive engagements. Usually, the implementation of systematic desensitization training is an efficacious approach to reduce competitive anxiety levels in routine sports to fortify psychological resilience of athletes (like swimming, volleyball, and basketball). This study focuses on the effect of systematic desensitization training on competition anxiety in the training of Latin dancers to establish good mental ability and promote the competitive ability of athletes.MethodologyThe “Sports Competition Anxiety Test Questionnaire” was used to evaluate and classify the competitive anxiety levels of 150 Latin dance athletes. Then, the top 48 participants were selected (24 in the intervention cohort and 24 in the non-intervention cohort) as the study participants after stratifying anxiety score levels from the highest to the lowest. The intervention group was treated with an 8-week psychological intervention by employing systematic desensitization training techniques (encompassing imagery desensitization and in vivo desensitization). The anxiety levels of the subjects were quantified by employing the “Sport Competition Trait Anxiety Inventory” (CCTAI-C) and the “Competitive State Anxiety Inventory” (CSAI-2) to scrutinize the efficacy of systematic desensitization training in regulating competitive anxiety levels among Latin dance athletes.ResultsAfter applying systematic desensitization training, the intervention group displayed a notable reduction in sport cognitive trait anxiety. Specifically, there was a decrease of 29.37% in social evaluation anxiety, 20.31% in competition preparation anxiety, 16.98% in performance anxiety, 25.16% in failure anxiety, 34.47% in opponent’s ability anxiety, and 25.16% in injury anxiety. Moreover, for competitive state anxiety, cognitive state anxiety and somatic state anxiety decreased by 39.19 and 21.43%. The state self-confidence increased by 14.42%.ConclusionThe result indicated that systematic desensitization training not only mitigates anxiety but also positively intervenes in sports-related anxiety. Moreover, systematic desensitization training can significantly diminish competitive anxiety among Latin dance athletes to bolster confidence during competitions. Integrating desensitization training into the regular regimen of Latin dance practice has the potential to fortify dancers’ psychological resilience against anxiety.

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A study on the impact of systematic desensitization training on competitive anxiety among Latin dance athletes

Chen,

Zhou,

Gong

et al. 2024

Front. Psychol.

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Age- and Individual Specificity of Training Visual Short-term Spatial Memory

2022

Experimental Psychology (Russia)

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Cognitive training is known to increase the plasticity of the brain’s neural networks and reduce the expectation of cognitive dysfunction during aging. However, opinions differ regarding the age, individual and time range of the training efficiency. Thus, the aim of the work was to clearing the temporal dynamics of changes in the short-term visual spatial memory of older people in comparison with young people and the dependence on its baseline level. The study involved 65 people of retirement age (M = 65.8; SD = 7.5 years) (GR1) and 92 university students (M = 20.1; SD = 1.4 years) (GR2). To determine the spatial memory, we used a modified “Visual Patterns Test” technique posted on the website psytest.nstu.ru. After a lecture on the methods of formation and implementation of cognitive resources, the study participants were asked to carry out memory training in a free mode at home in order to achieve a consistently maximum result. It is shown that by significantly lower values of short-term visual spatial memory in GR1 than in GR2 in the first testing session, to increase its efficiency, GR1 requires more than 80 sessions of training during some months, while GR2 requires 20 sessions during one-two weeks. The achievement of maximum memory indices occurs faster at its initially high values; however, the effect of training in the first sessions is more pronounced in persons with low memory values, regardless of age. It can be concluded that the effectiveness of spatial memory training at the initial stages is determined by the learning potential, and the realization of the compensatory resources of the brain, whereas the achievement of a result comparable to the young in the elderly is determined by the high level of executive control of behavior, which ensures long-term memory training.

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From Evaluation to Prediction: Behavioral Effects and Biological Markers of Cognitive Control Intervention

Cited by 2 publications

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A study on the impact of systematic desensitization training on competitive anxiety among Latin dance athletes

A study on the impact of systematic desensitization training on competitive anxiety among Latin dance athletes

Age- and Individual Specificity of Training Visual Short-term Spatial Memory

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