Injury in sport is a frequent occurrence that often causes athletes to experience stress, frustration, anger, depression, and pain.
Mindfulness practice has shown to be efficacious in reducing stress and pain, while improving well-being. Despite this, there is limited
research investigating the effects of mindfulness-based interventions with injured athletes. In the current study, the Mindfulness Meditation
Training for Sport 2.0 (MMTS 2.0; Baltzell, Caraballo, Chipman, & Hayden, 2014) was implemented and evaluated with three high school
female athletes. Utilizing a nonconcurrent multiple baseline among subjects design, participants completed measures of pain, stress,
well-being, self-compassion, and mindfulness throughout the intervention. Two participants improved in mindfulness and self-compassion
relative to baseline levels. The same two participants also reported reductions in pain and stress, and improvements in psychological
well-being subscales autonomy and self-acceptance. Improvements in mindfulness and self-compassion corresponded with adherence to
between-session meditation exercises. The participant with the lowest adherence reported reductions in mindfulness, self-compassion, and
well-being, and did not complete post-intervention follow-up assessment. Overall, results were mixed and should be interpreted with caution.
Future research should continue to evaluate the impact of mindfulness and self-compassion interventions like the MMTS 2.0 with injured
athletes to determine its utility. / A Thesis submitted to the Department of Educational Psychology and Learning Systems in partial fulfillment
of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science. / Fall Semester 2017. / November 14, 2017. / Injury, Meditation, Mindfulness, Pain, Rehabilitation, Self-Compassion / Includes bibliographical references. / Graig Michael Chow, Professor Directing Thesis; Gershon Tenenbaum, Committee Member; Angela Canto,
Committee Member.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_604959 |
| Contributors | Cooper, Brandon T. (author), Chow, Graig Michael (professor directing thesis), Tenenbaum, Gershon (committee member), Canto, Angela I. (committee member), Florida State University (degree granting institution), College of Education (degree granting college), Department of Educational Psychology and Learning Systems (degree granting departmentdgg) |
| Publisher | Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English, English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, text, master thesis |
| Format | 1 online resource (146 pages), computer, application/pdf |
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