Predicting performance and performance satisfaction: mindfulness and beliefs about the ability to deal with social barriers in sport

Abstract

This research investigates the role of beliefs about the ability to deal with specific social barriers and its relationships to mindfulness, football performance, and satisfaction with one's own and team performance. Study 1 aimed at eliciting these social barriers. Study 2 tested (i) whether self-efficacy referring to social barriers would predict performance over and above task-related self-efficacy and collective efficacy and (ii) the mediating role of self-efficacy to overcome social barriers in the relationship between mindfulness and performance. Participants were football (soccer) players aged 16-21 years (Study 1: N=30; Study 2: N=101, longitudinal sample: n=88). Study 1 resulted in eliciting 82 social barriers referring to team, peer leadership, and coaches. Study 2 showed that task-related self-efficacy and collective efficacy explained performance satisfaction at seven-month follow-up, whereas self-efficacy referring to social barriers explained shooting performance at seven-month follow-up. Indirect associations between mindfulness and performance were found with three types of self-efficacy referring to social barriers, operating as parallel mediators. Results provide evidence for the role of beliefs about the ability to cope with social barriers and show a complex interplay between different types of self-efficacy and collective efficacy in predicting team sport performance.

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“…These weak 19 SHORT MINDFULNESS MEASURE correlations raise doubts about the predictive utility of self-reported mindfulness. These data are consistent with previous studies that found weak positive correlations of mindfulness with performance (r = .17, Blecharz et al, 2014;r = .33, Röthlin et al, 2016;r = .19, Sarnell, 2012). All three of these studies used general mindfulness measures rather than those specifically assessing mindfulness in sporting contexts.…”

“…In previous studies, mindfulness has been shown to be associated with better performance (Blecharz et al, 2014;Röthlin, Horvath, Birrer, & Holtforth, 2016), lower anxiety (Röthlin et al, 2016), higher flow (Cathcart, McGregor, & Groundwater, 2014;Kaufman, Glass, & Arnkoff, 2009;Kee & Wang, 2008;Pineau, Glass, Kaufman, & Bernal, 2014), higher self-efficacy (Blecharz et al, 2014), fewer intrusive thoughts (Thienot et al, 2014), and less attachment to those thoughts (Zhang, Chung, Si, & Gucciardi, 2016).…”

“…All three of these studies used general mindfulness measures rather than those specifically assessing mindfulness in sporting contexts. They also used different measures of performance (soccer skills, Blecharz et al, 2014;self-report, Röthlin et al, 2016;coach report, Sarnell, 2012). Nevertheless, the consistency of these associations suggest a small percentage of the variance in performance may be explained by an athlete's dispositional mindfulness.…”

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“…Accordingly, self-efficacy is a critical factor for the change of behavior and is considered a self-control mechanism, managing the motivation and actions of human beings [49]. Besides, an individual's self-efficacy can prevent the negative effects of stress [50] and it influences personal work attitudes such as interests, goals, and behaviors in the working field [51]. However, most research about self-efficacy has been focused on the education domain over the last two decades [52][53][54][55].…”

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“…Satisfaction with skills and actions is one of the key aspects of subjective well‐being (Diener, Oishi, & Lucas, ). Satisfaction in sports refers to the affective aspect of well‐being (Nicholls, Polman, & Levy, ) and it may be directly or indirectly influenced by various types of self‐efficacy (Blecharz et al., ). The present research focuses on satisfaction with performance and skills (SPS), defined as athletes’ satisfaction with their personal level of play, sport skills, and competition outcomes as well as athletes’ satisfaction with their team's levels of play and competition outcomes (Balaguer, Duda, Atienza, & Mayo, ).…”