Perceived Outcomes of a Biofeedback and Neurofeedback Training Intervention for Optimal Performance: Learning to Enhance Self-Awareness and Self-Regulation With Olympic Athletes

2016 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 339-349 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaret Dupee ◽  
Tanya Forneris ◽  
Penny Werthner
Keyword(s):  
High Performance ◽  
Olympic Games ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Personal Control ◽  
Training Intervention ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Semistructured Interview ◽  
Neurofeedback Training ◽  
Psychological States ◽  
Perceived Outcomes

The purpose of this study was to explore the perceived outcomes of a biofeedback and neurofeedback training intervention with high performance athletes. Five Olympic level athletes preparing for world championships and the 2012 Olympic Games took part in a 20 session intervention over the period of one year. At the completion of the intervention, a semistructured interview was conducted with each athlete. The athletes indicated that they became more self-aware, were better able to self-regulate both their physiological and psychological states, developed a greater sense of personal control, and a greater understanding of skills inherent in the field of sport psychology. Three of the athletes made the Canadian Olympic team for the 2012 Olympic Games and two of those athletes won bronze medals. The present study suggests that biofeedback and neurofeedback training may be useful in enabling athletes to perform optimally, in both training and competition, on a consistent basis.

Managing the Stress Response: The Use of Biofeedback and Neurofeedback with Olympic Athletes

Biofeedback ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 92-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaret Dupee ◽  
Penny Werthner
Keyword(s):  
Stress Response ◽  
Athletic Performance ◽  
Elite Athletes ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Training Intervention ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Olympic Athletes ◽  
Psychophysiological Stress ◽  
Central Nervous Systems ◽  
Excessive Stress

Excessive stress and tension are major threats to optimal athletic performance. The goal of this project was to help the athletes optimize the management of their stress response through self-awareness and self-regulation of the activation levels of their autonomic and central nervous systems. Fifteen elite athletes preparing for the Vancouver 2010 Olympics underwent an EEG and psychophysiological stress assessment, as well as a bio–neurofeedback (BNFK) training intervention. Both athletes and coaches reported that the bio–neurofeedback intervention helped the athletes in managing the stress of training and competition and was a factor in producing better performances.

The Oxford Handbook of Hypo-egoic Phenomena

2016 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Interpersonal Relationships ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Psychological States ◽  
Social Activists ◽  
Optimal Behavior ◽  
Self Interest ◽  
Virtuous Behavior

Human beings have an evolved capacity for self-awareness, along with a propensity to focus primarily on their own welfare. This pervasive self-focus is reflected in thoughts, emotions, and actions whose underlying theme is the pursuit of self-interest. Although a focus on oneself has clear adaptive functions—such as physical preservation, decision making, planning, and self-regulation—this pervasive egoic mindset has psychological, interpersonal, and societal costs. In an increasingly crowded and interdependent world, there is a pressing need for the investigation of alternatives to a “me and mine first” mindset. For centuries, many philosophers, scientists, spiritual leaders, and social activists have advocated a “hypo-egoic” way of being, a psychological mindset characterized by less self-preoccupation in favor of a more inclusive, “we first” mode of functioning. In recent years, investigation of a variety of topics under the umbrella of hypo-egoicism has emerged in psychology, cognitive science, neuroscience, and philosophy as researchers have investigated both the features of hypo-egoic states and the psychological experiences that arise when self-focused processing is reduced, such as flow, equanimity, mindfulness, compassion, and mystical states. Bringing together current scholarship and science from multiple fields, theOxford Handbook of Hypo-egoic Phenomenaprovides an authoritative overview of theory, research, and applications concerning psychological states that involve diminished self-preoccupation and self-interest. TheHandbookalso reveals the widespread implications of such hypo-egoic functioning for personal well-being, optimal behavior regulation, interpersonal relationships, and prosocial and virtuous behavior.

Chutes, Not Ladders

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 114-130
Author(s):  
Pavithra Nagarajan
Keyword(s):  
School Success ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Self Reflection ◽  
Single Sex ◽  
Black Bodies ◽  
Boys Of Color ◽  
And Control

This article explores how a single-sex school for boys of color intentionally and unintentionally (re)defines masculinity through rules and rituals. The school’s mission posits that boys become men through developing three skills: selfregulation, self-awareness, and self-reflection. Drawing from qualitative research data, I examine how disciplinary practices prioritize boys’ ability to control their bodies and image, or “self-regulate.” When boys fail to self-regulate, they enter the punitive system. School staff describe self-regulation as integral to out-of-school success, but these practices may inadvertently reproduce negative labeling and control of black bodies. This article argues for school cultural practices that affirm, rather than deny, the benefits of boyhood.

PENGARUH KECERDASAN EMOSIONAL TERHADAP TINGKAT PEMAHAMAN AKUNTANSI, KEPERCAYAAN DIRI SEBAGAI VARIABEL PEMODERASI: DITINJAU DARI PERSPEKTIF GENDER

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Poppy Nurmayanti
Keyword(s):  
Social Skills ◽  
Social Skill ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Measuring Instrument ◽  
Simple Linear Regression ◽  
Moderator Variable ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
Emotional Intellegence

This research aim to test do emotional intellegence consisting of five component that is recognition self awareness, self regulation, motivation, empathy, and social skills have an effect on to storey level understanding of accountancy point of view from gender perspective. This research also aim to know the existence of role self confidence as moderating variable to emotional intellegence influence to storey level understanding of accounting. Besides also this research aim to see the existence of difference emotional intellegence between student owning self confidence of strong with student which is self confidence of weak. Measuring instrument to measure storey level understanding of accountancy is average point of accountancy that is PA1, PA2, AKM1, AKM2, AKL1, AKL2, AU1, AU2, and TA. The data analysis used is simple linear regression, Moderating Regression Analysis (MRA), and independent sample t-test. The results show that recognition self awareness, self regulation, motivation, social skill and empathy do not have an effect on by significance and only empatht  has  role as quasi moderator variable. There is no difference between emotional intellegence woman and man. But, weak self confidence and strong self confidence differ for all of emotional intellegence (recognition self awareness, self regulation, motivation, empathy, and social skills). Many factors which influence storey level understanding of accountancy like mental stress factor, and so on. Result of this research can give contribution to university in order to compiling curricullum and give input to student in order to develop and manage their emotional intellegence and self confidence.

Relationships Between Cognitive and Driving Self-Awareness in Older Drivers

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laurence Paire-Ficout ◽  
Sylviane Lafont ◽  
Marion Hay ◽  
Amandine Coquillat ◽  
Colette Fabrigoule ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Cohort Study ◽  
Cognitive Ability ◽  
Cognitive Skills ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Older Drivers ◽  
Driving Ability ◽  
Digit Symbol Substitution Test ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Subjective Data

Abstract Objectives Many older drivers incorrectly estimate their driving ability. The present study aimed to determine whether, and if so, to what extent unawareness of cognitive abilities affects self-awareness of driving ability. Methods Two successive studies were conducted. A cohort study investigated cognitive self-awareness and an experimental study examined driving self-awareness in older drivers. In each one, self-awareness was assessed by cross-analyzing objective (respectively Trail-Making Tests A & B and the Digit Symbol Substitution Test and driving performance of on-road assessment) and subjective data (responses about everyday cognitive skills and driving ability). Older drivers were then classified as being over-, correct or underestimators. The three cognitive and driving self-awareness profiles were then cross-analyzed. Results In the cohort study, 1,190 drivers aged 70 years or older were included. The results showed that 42.7% of older drivers overestimated their cognitive ability, 42.2% estimated it correctly, and 15.1% underestimated it. The experimental study included 145 participants from the cohort. The results showed that 34% of participants overestimated, 45% correctly estimated, and 21 % underestimated their driving ability. There was a significant relationship between cognitive and driving self-awareness profiles (p=0,02). This overlap was more marked in overestimators. Discussion Significant overlap between cognitive and driving self-awareness provides useful and new knowledge about driving in the aging population. Misestimation of cognitive ability could hamper self-awareness of driving ability, and consequently self-regulation of driving. It is now crucial to develop measures that promote self-awareness of ability.

On The Hydrodynamics Of A Skiff At Different Crew Positions

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ignazio Maria Viola ◽  
Joshua Enlander
Keyword(s):  
Uncertainty Analysis ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Olympic Games ◽  
Towing Tank ◽  
Lower Resistance ◽  
Model Scale ◽  
Sailing Boat ◽  
Large Vessels

A set of towing tank tests was undertaken on a 1:4-model-scale high-performance small sailing boat, which was a candidate for the 2016 Olympic games. The resistance, sink and trim were measured and uncertainty analysis was completed. The boat was tested for different longitudinal positions of the crew in displacement, transition and fully planning regimes. The resistance measurements in the towing tank were well correlated with established empirical formulations developed for planning hulls. It was found that at low Froude numbers, forward crew positions allow lower resistance and resistance increases significantly for after crew positions, while at higher Froude numbers after positions allow lower resistance, and the resistance is less sensible to the crew position. These findings are in agreement with sailor experience and with measurements performed by other authors on large vessels.

Factor analysis approach to investigate the prevalence of stress among Indian students during COVID 19 pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 08 (01) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anita P Bobade ◽  
◽  
Kasturi R Naik ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Internet Survey ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Emotional Resilience ◽  
Post Graduate ◽  
Student Stress ◽  
Analysis Technique ◽  
Indian Students

Objective: Since December 2019, the COVID-19 pandemic has posed a considerable threat with its associated high mortality, infection, and hazard of physical, mental, emotional, financial, and spiritual stress (WHO, 2020). A large number of students are affected due to a chronic break from classroom academic activities, the pressure of being hired for an internship or final placement and staying at home. The main focus of this learning is to know the stressors of graduate and post-graduate Indian students and their major hurdles during the COVID-19 lockdown. Further, the study aims to facilitate a proposed model of training, by combining 7 psychosocial variables of emotional resilience which might empower the students to cater to stressors and improve personal, academic, and professional effectiveness (Chen et.al, 2020; Horesh et.al, 2020) Methods: Using a convenience method, an internet survey of the 6-item COVID-19 Student Stress Questionnaire (CSSQ) (modified version Zurlo et.al, 2020) was conducted on students across India. together with their demographic details, the participants also reported their study patterns and challenges during their confinement period. The statistical scores for the responses were calculated and also the demographic variables were analyzed using the factor analysis technique. (Ahorsu et. al,2020) Findings, Discussion, and implications: The findings suggest that self-awareness, self-regulation, mental agility, optimism, self-efficacy, sense of belonging, and psychological safety may be the important emotional resilience to be developed among the Indian students to cope with physical, mental, emotional, financial, and spiritual stressors confronted by them during COVID 19 pandemic to increase personal and professional effectiveness (Maria et.al, 2020, Zurlo et.al. 2017) Conclusion: The study has several practical implications for counselling psychologists, academicians, parents, life coaches handling youth and mental health workers related to the graduate and post-graduate education sector (Taylor et.al, 2020; Sahu et.al, 2020).

scholarly journals An investigation of the prevalence of stress among graduate and post-graduate Indian students during COVID 19 pandemic by means of factor analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (01) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anita P Bobade ◽  
◽  
Kasturi R Naik ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Internet Survey ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Emotional Resilience ◽  
Post Graduate ◽  
Student Stress ◽  
Analysis Technique ◽  
Indian Students

Objective: Since December 2019, the COVID-19 pandemic has posed a considerable threat with its associated high mortality, infection, and hazard of physical, mental, emotional, financial, and spiritual stress (WHO, 2020). A large number of students are affected due to a chronic break from classroom academic activities, the pressure of being hired for an internship or final placement and staying at home. The main focus of this learning is to know the stressors of graduate and post-graduate Indian students and their major hurdles during the COVID-19 lockdown. Further, the study aims to facilitate a proposed model of training, by combining 7 psychosocial variables of emotional resilience which might empower the students to cater to stressors and improve personal, academic, and professional effectiveness (Chen et.al, 2020; Horesh et.al, 2020) Methods: Using a convenience method, an internet survey of the 6-item COVID-19 Student Stress Questionnaire (CSSQ) (modified version Zurlo et.al, 2020) was conducted on students across India. together with their demographic details, the participants also reported their study patterns and challenges during their confinement period. The statistical scores for the responses were calculated and also the demographic variables analyzed using the factor analysis technique. (Ahorsu et.al,2020) Findings, discussion, and implications: The findings suggest that self-awareness, self-regulation, mental agility, optimism, self-efficacy, sense of belonging and psychological safety may be the important emotional resilience to be developed among the Indian students to cope with physical, mental, emotional, financial, and spiritual stressors confronted by them during COVID 19 pandemic to increase personal and professional effectiveness (Maria et.al, 2020, Zurlo et.al. 2017) Conclusion: The study has several practical implications for counseling psychologists, academicians, parents, life coaches handling youth and mental health workers related to the graduate and post-graduate education sector (Taylor et.al, 2020; Sahu et.al, 2020).

scholarly journals A Qualitative Exploration of Individual Differences in Wellbeing for Highly Sensitive Individuals

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Becky Black ◽  
Margaret L. Kern
Keyword(s):  
Social Norms ◽  
Positive Emotions ◽  
Negative Emotion ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Lay Conceptions ◽  
Self Compassion ◽  
Highly Sensitive ◽  
Qualitative Exploration

Cultures explicitly and implicitly create and reinforce social norms and expectations, which impact upon how individuals make sense of and experience their place within that culture. Substantial differences in research findings across a range of behavioral and cognitive indices can be seen between what have been called ‘Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic (WEIRD)’ societies, and non-WEIRD cultures. Indeed, lay conceptions and social norms around wellbeing tend to emphasize social outgoingness and high-arousal positive emotions, with introversion and negative emotion looked down upon or even pathologized. However, this extravert-centric conception of wellbeing does not fit many individuals who live within WEIRD societies, and studies find that this mismatch can have detrimental effects on their wellbeing. There is a need to better understand how happiness is created and experienced by the large number of people for whom wellbeing manifests in alternative ways. This study investigated one such manifestation – the personality trait of Sensory Processing Sensitivity (SPS) – qualitatively investigating how sensitive individuals experience and cultivate wellbeing within a WEIRD society. Twelve adults participated in semi-structured interviews. Findings suggest that highly sensitive individuals perceive that wellbeing arises from harmony across multiple dimensions. Interviewees emphasized the value of low-intensity positive emotion, self-awareness, self-acceptance, positive social relationships balanced by times of solitude, connecting with nature, contemplative practices, emotional self-regulation, practicing self-compassion, having a sense of meaning, and hope/optimism. Barriers of wellbeing included physical health issues and challenges with saying no to others. This study provides a richer idiographic representation of SPS wellbeing, highlighting diverse pathways which can lead to wellbeing for individuals for whom wellbeing manifests in ways that contradict the broader social narratives in which they reside.

scholarly journals Formación normalista que limita o desarrolla el desempeño universitario en estudios de postgrado

2020 ◽  
pp. 23-29
Author(s):  
María del Consuelo Salinas-Aguirre ◽  
Jaquelina Lizet Hernández-Cueto ◽  
Sara Margarita Yáñez-Flores ◽  
Carlos Daniel Emiliano-Castillo
Keyword(s):  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
School Achievement ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Teaching Experience ◽  
Teaching Profession ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Educational Training ◽  
Teacher Skills ◽  
Teachers Training

Quantitative non-experimental research studies of basic teachers training and its pedagogical relevance to develop or limit the updating of learning towards the professionalization of postgraduate teachers. The academic sufficiency of students of basic teachers to access higher studies has been discussed. The research proposes of these students teaching practice as learning to continue higher professional development. The research has vertical transactional data collection applied to the random sample of 47 students of basic teachers from a population of 224 master's students. The descriptive analysis is carried out in six signal variables, three axes: systems of teacher training discipline, school achievement in normal school and efficiency in master's studies, inserted are five complex variables. The analysis is descriptive correlational (Pearson) and multivariate factorial. The results show the achievement of the objectives of teaching experiences in professional practice and the relationship with productive learning. Attributes of basic teachers’ students support learning based on teaching experience are being fair, consistent, and productive, with a positive attitude, respectful, goal-oriented, proposing alternative solutions to real problems in teaching. The research provides information for the integration of public educational policies that impacts the training and updating of the impacts the training and updating of the teaching profession, attending to educational problems for the teaching development towards postgraduate degrees. The assertive students of basic teachers training with practices and professional teaching is constituted in formative learning for development in higher education The intentional educational training and teaching develop in students of basic teacher skills such as: self-awareness, self-esteem, conscience, moral judgment, empathy, social perspective, self-regulation and formation of values.

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