Irrational Performance Beliefs and Mental Well-Being Upon Returning to Sport During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Test of Mediation by Intolerance of Uncertainty

Jooste, Julius; Wolfson, Sandy; Kruger, Ankebé

doi:10.1080/02701367.2022.2056117

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“…We demonstrated that, when considered as a general factor, secondary irrational beliefs negatively influence individuals' feelings of having met their own and others' performance expectations. In line with existing studies in the literature that have shown how irrational beliefs negatively affect performance [27,35,69,70], our study adds that secondary irrational be-liefs also negatively impact the extent to which people feel they have met their own and others' expectations regarding their performance. This result extends the literature beyond studies that have demonstrated a positive relationship between irrational beliefs and perfectionism [16] and workaholism [15], advancing that the extremely high and objectively unattainable expectations historically associated with irrational beliefs in the literature indeed lead to dissatisfaction with one's performance expectations.…”

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“…Thus, the constant thought and worry about the extreme rigorous demands upon the self could impede individuals from experiencing positive emotions and satisfaction in relation to their life [17]. Indeed, evidence found that they commonly lead to poorer well-being [34,35] and to individual strains as they have been associated with health problems (e.g., higher systolic blood pressure) [36] and psychological distress indicators (e.g., anxiety and depression) [37][38][39][40]. However, the consequences of irrational beliefs have been mainly addressed in clinical or subclinical samples and student populations [12], while research in performance-driven contexts such as the working one is more recent [13].…”

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Linking Irrational Beliefs with Well-Being at Work: The Role of Fulfilling Performance Expectations

Santarpia,

Bodoasca,

Cantonetti

et al. 2023

Sustainability

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This study explored the association between irrational beliefs—i.e., rigid, unrealistic, and illogical convictions that people hold—and well-being at work. In detail, we tested whether secondary irrational beliefs (i.e., self-depreciation, low frustration tolerance, and awfulizing) displayed both common and unique associations with well-being. Furthermore, we investigated whether the perceived degree of performance expectations’ fulfillment mediate such associations. Data were collected on a sample of 3576 employees from companies providing business and consulting services. Results showed that the general irrationality factor and awfulizing were negatively associated with well-being, both directly and indirectly (via a lower degree of performance expectations’ fulfillment). Low frustration tolerance was positively related with the performance expectations’ fulfillment, which, in turn, fully mediated its association with well-being. Self-depreciation did not relate to our outcomes. The study contributes to the advancement of irrational beliefs literature as it is the first to disentangle the common and unique associations they have with well-being at work and identified the perceived fulfillment of performance expectations as a relevant mediating mechanism in the workplace. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.

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Linking Irrational Beliefs with Well-Being at Work: The Role of Fulfilling Performance Expectations

Santarpia,

Bodoasca,

Cantonetti

et al. 2023

Sustainability

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“…17 Another study has indicated that irrational beliefs may give rise to symptoms that can lead to anxiety and psychological distress. 35 Furthermore, a different study found that intolerance of uncertainty, as an anxiety-inducing thought, fully mediated the negative impact of irrational beliefs on mental health. 36 Researchers exploring this topic, such as Toth et al ( 2022), have discovered that both irrational beliefs and perfectionism influence the emergence of competitive anxiety in Hungarian athletes.…”

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confidence: 98%

“…39,40 A study in this regard reported that irrational beliefs can contribute to psychological problems, and elite athletes exhibit lower levels of irrational beliefs compared to non-elite athletes, with female athletes reporting higher levels of depressive symptoms compared to males. 35 Differences in brain chemistry and hormonal fluctuations between males and females are believed to play a role in these differences. 40 These results indicate the need for different interventions for male and female elite athletes in order to maximize athletic performance, considering the structural differences in natural anxiety levels.…”

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Elit Sporcuların Akıl Dışı Performans İnançları ile Sporda Kaygı Seviyeleri Arasındaki İlişkilerin İncelenmesi

AKCAN,

YILMAZ,

ŞAR

et al. 2023

Gümüşhane Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi

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The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between irrational performance beliefs and anxiety levels in elite athletes. The research was conducted with the voluntary participation of 285 male and female elite athletes between the ages of 15 and 55, During the research process, athletes' irrational performance beliefs and anxiety levels in sports were investigated. For this purpose, the Irrational Performance Beliefs inventory-2 and the Sport Anxiety Scale-2 were used. Athletes' anxiety levels and irrational performance beliefs were examined considering gender and sport type variables. One-way ANOVA test was used for comparative analysis, and Pearson Correlation analysis was employed for relational examinations. The findings revealed that female athletes were more anxious. Furthermore, in the examination conducted based on sports disciplines, it was found that the differences between athletes' anxiety levels and irrational performance beliefs varied depending on the sport type. in the overall examination, significant relationships were found between athletes' anxiety levels and irrational performance beliefs. in conclusion, athletes' anxiety levels affect their irrational performance beliefs, and this relationship differs among genders and sports disciplines.

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“…The path analytic findings reported by Chadha et al (2019) revealed that cognitive appraisals were negatively associated with irrational beliefs. The study of irrational beliefs in sport literature is growing, and there is recognition that greater irrational beliefs predict and are associated with a range of deleterious outcomes such as psychological distress (Turner et al, 2019), anger (Turner et al, 2018), burnout (Turner & Moore, 2016), poorer performance under pressure (Mesagno et al, 2021;Nejati et al, 2022), and poorer mental wellbeing (Jooste et al, 2022). Derived from Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT, Ellis & Dryden, 2007), irrational beliefs are characterized as tacit ideas about the world that are rigid, illogical and extreme (Turner, 2022), and play a significant role in determining emotional responses to adverse events.…”

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Examination of cognitive appraisals, irrational beliefs, and challenge and threat evaluations in the prediction of tournament affective states and performance of competitive elite Indian golfers

Chadha,

Turner,

Slater

2023

Stress and Health

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Researchers have intimated that cognitions and emotions can change in the lead up to important events. However, previous research has adopted atemporal cross‐sectional designs, making it challenging to understand how cognitions and emotions unfold in the lead up to a competition. In the current study, we extended previous research by examining the temporal patterns of cognitive appraisals, irrational beliefs, and challenge and threat evaluations in predicting pre‐competitive affective states (hedonic balance and anxiety) in the lead up to an actual competition, among competitive elite Indian golfers (N = 107). We adopted a within‐subjects repeated‐measures design and collected data in the lead up to an actual golf tournament, at three timepoints; 1 week before (T1), the night before (T2), and an hour prior (T3). Self‐reported measures of cognitive appraisals, irrational beliefs, challenge and threat evaluations, affect, and anxiety were completed. Also, objective golf performance was collected from participants. Crossed‐lagged path analysis did not find a causal effect for irrational beliefs on any of the variables across the three time points. On the other hand, hierarchical multiple regression analysis determined that changes in irrational beliefs predicted changes in cognitive appraisals, threat evaluation, cognitive and somatic anxiety, and the directional interpretation of anxiety. The findings of temporal patterns in the current research indicated that sport psychologists should consider the dynamic nature of antecedent cognitions and affective states in the lead up to competition, and accordingly provide adequate support to the athletes. Further, limitations and future research is discussed with reference to the results.

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Irrational Performance Beliefs and Mental Well-Being Upon Returning to Sport During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Test of Mediation by Intolerance of Uncertainty

Cited by 4 publications

References 66 publications

Linking Irrational Beliefs with Well-Being at Work: The Role of Fulfilling Performance Expectations

Linking Irrational Beliefs with Well-Being at Work: The Role of Fulfilling Performance Expectations

Elit Sporcuların Akıl Dışı Performans İnançları ile Sporda Kaygı Seviyeleri Arasındaki İlişkilerin İncelenmesi

Examination of cognitive appraisals, irrational beliefs, and challenge and threat evaluations in the prediction of tournament affective states and performance of competitive elite Indian golfers

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