scholarly journals Emotional states of athletes in the first lockdown due to Covid-19: A comparison of Polish and Spanish samples

2021 ◽  
Vol Supplement 1 (13) ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
DOMINIKA WILCZYNSKA ◽  
DAVID ALARCON RUBIO ◽  
PATRYCJA SLIWINSKA ◽  
JOSE CARLOS JAENES
Keyword(s):  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Female Athletes ◽  
Mood States ◽  
Psychological Interventions ◽  
Profile Of Mood States ◽  
Emotional States ◽  
Training Conditions ◽  
Personal Needs ◽  
The Impact

Introduction: The situation of the coronavirus pandemic has affected the lives of many athletes from different disciplines. Therefore, the present study investigated the impact of Covid-19 first lockdown on emotional states and motivation of athletes from Spain and Poland. Material and methods: Polish male (N=24) and female (N=94) and Spanish male (N=81) female (N=95) athletes were investigated. The respondents did online ad hoc questionnaires, namely Emotional and Adaptative reactions during confinement (COVID-19-RECOVID-19), and Profile of Mood States (POMS) Results: Significant differences were observed in training conditions by country, with the Polish sample having higher scores than Spaniards. Stressing thoughts characterized Polish female athletes significantly more than others; Spanish athletes, both females and males were characterized by the highest agreement to confinement rules. Females, relative to males, had a higher level of fatigue. Moreover, significant differences by country appeared in anger, vigor, friendship, tension, and depressed feelings. Polish female athletes were characterized by the highest scores apart from friendship, which was similarly high among Polish athletes. Conclusions: Monitoring the mental conditions of sports professionals and designing psychological interventions that would match athletes’ personal needs seems crucial to similar, tremendously complex, and socially isolating situations, such as lockdown due to Covid-19.

scholarly journals Effect of Various OR Noise on Fine Motor Skills, Cognition, and Mood

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cara Marie Rogers ◽  
Hannah Palmerton ◽  
Brian Saway ◽  
Devin Tomlinson ◽  
Gary Simonds
Keyword(s):  
Operating Room ◽  
Verbal Learning ◽  
Mood States ◽  
Mood Disturbance ◽  
Fine Motor ◽  
Profile Of Mood States ◽  
Total Mood Disturbance ◽  
Motor Dexterity ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Surgeon Performance

Background. The amalgam of noises inherent to the modern-day operating room has the potential of diluting surgeon concentration, which could affect surgeon performance and mood and have implications on quality of care and surgeon resilience. Objective. Evaluate the impact of operating room environmental noises on surgeon performance including fine motor dexterity, cognition, and mood. Methods. 37 subjects were tested under three different environmental noise conditions including silence, a prerecorded soundtrack of a loud bustling operating room, and with background music of their choosing. We used the Motor Performance Series to test motor dexterity, neuropsychological tests to evaluate cognitive thinking, and Profile of Mood States to test mental well-being. Results. Our results showed that typical operating room noise had no impact on motor dexterity but music improved the speed and precision of movements and information processing skills. Neurocognitive testing showed a significant decrement from operating room noise on verbal learning and delayed memory, whereas music improved complex attention and mental flexibility. The Profile of Mood States found that music resulted in a significant decrease in feelings of anger, confusion, fatigue, and tension along with decreased total mood disturbance, which is a measure of psychological distress. Loud operating room noise had a negative impact on feelings of vigor but no increase in total mood disturbance. Conclusion. Our results suggest that loud and unnecessary environmental noises can be distracting to a surgeon, so every effort should be taken to minimize these. Music of the surgeons’ choosing does not negatively affect fine motor dexterity or cognition and has an overall positive impact on mood and can therefore be safely practiced if desired.

scholarly journals Efecto de la práctica de actividad física gamificada en el estado de ánimo de jugadoras de baloncesto en etapa de confinamiento (Effect of gamified physical activity practice on the mood of female basketball players in confinement stage)

Retos ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 43 ◽  
pp. 10-16
Author(s):  
Alberto Rodríguez Cayetano ◽  
Estela Vicente Rivera ◽  
José Manuel De Mena Ramos ◽  
Salvador Pérez Muñoz
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Physical Activity ◽  
Experimental Study ◽  
Mood States ◽  
Profile Of Mood States ◽  
Emotional States ◽  
Basketball Players ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Salud Mental

El objetivo principal de esta investigación es analizar el efecto en el estado de ánimo de jugadoras de baloncesto, a través de la práctica de actividad física gamificada durante la etapa de confinamiento debido a la COVID-19. La muestra utilizada fue de 26 jugadoras de tres categorías diferentes: infantil, juvenil y senior, con una media de edad de 16.65 (±3.84) años. Para analizar el efecto sobre el estado de ánimo, se realizó un estudio cuasi-experimental a través de un estudio con un pretest, una intervención y un postest final, proporcionando el cuestionario de Profile of Mood States (POMS) antes y después de cada sesión. Los resultados obtenidos mostraron mejoras en el estado de ánimo, disminuyendo los valores que se relacionan con estados emocionales negativos. Durante etapas de confinamiento, es importante aportar programas de actividad física para mejorar la salud mental de las jugadoras de baloncesto, las cuales están acostumbradas a una práctica de actividad física regular. Abstract. The main objective of this research is to analyze the effect on the mood of female basketball players, through the practice of gamified physical activity during the confinement stage due to COVID-19. The sample used was 26 players from three different categories: U14, U18 and senior, with an average age 16.65 (3.84) years. To analyze the effect on the players' mood, a quasi-experimental study was conducted through a pretest, an intervention and a final posttest, providing the Profile of Mood States (POMS) questionnaire before and after each session. The results obtained showed improvements in the players' mood was produced due to the practice of gamified physical activity, decreasing the values that are related to negative emotional states. During times of confinement, it is important to provide physical activity programs to improve the mental health of female basketball players, who are accustomed to practice regular physical activity.

scholarly journals Mood States and Performance in Elite Canoe Polo Players: The Mediating Role of Stress

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (9) ◽  
pp. 4494
Author(s):  
Donatella Di Corrado ◽  
Andrea Buscemi ◽  
Paola Magnano ◽  
Nelson Mauro Maldonato ◽  
Matej Tusak ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Stress ◽  
Female Athletes ◽  
Sport Performance ◽  
Mood States ◽  
Integrative Approach ◽  
Emotional States ◽  
Male Athletes ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
National Competition ◽  
And Performance

Sport performance is characterized by competitive stressful conditions that elicit emotional states. The purpose of the study was to examine whether stress mediated the relationship between mood states and performance. Thirty-two elite canoe polo players from four different Italian teams (16 senior males and 16 senior females), aged between 29 and 38 years old (M = 32.3, SD = 2.71), participated in the study. Measures included level of psychological stress, six mood dimensions, and performance outcome. We also detected the digit ratio—the lower second-to-fourth digit length (2D:4D) ratio—as it was demonstrated to be correlated to high sports performance. The assessment took place one day before the first game of the national competition “ITALY CUP”. Male athletes reported lower scores on dysfunctional emotion-related states and on 2D:4D ratio than female athletes. The results of the mediation analysis showed that psychological stress plays a mediating role between moods and performance. Overall, given the limited literature, the findings supported an integrative approach to the study of the linkage between emotion and action in canoe polo.

scholarly journals Estudio longitudinal de un kickboxer de élite durante su preparación para los campeonatos de Europa (Longitudinal study of an elite kickboxer during his preparation for the European Championship)

Retos ◽  
2018 ◽  
pp. 20-24
Author(s):  
José Ignacio Menéndez Santurio ◽  
Javier Fernández-Río
Keyword(s):  
Social Relationships ◽  
Perceived Exertion ◽  
Eating Habits ◽  
Training Session ◽  
Mood States ◽  
Profile Of Mood States ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Self Image ◽  
Quantitative Results ◽  
The Impact

El objetivo de este estudio fue analizar el impacto del entrenamiento y la dieta sobre las percepciones de un kickboxer de élite (campeón de España con experiencia internacional) durante su preparación para el Campeonato de Europa. Se emplearon cuatro instrumentos de recogida de información: un cuestionario que contenía el Profile of Mood States y la subescala “cogniciones relativas a la satisfacción corporal y la autoimagen” del Cuestionario de Hábitos Alimenticios del Deportista, la percepción subjetiva del esfuerzo, el peso corporal y entrevistas semi-estructuradas. Durante 10 semanas, nueve antes y una durante la competición, el participante señaló el esfuerzo percibido tras cada entrenamiento y una vez a la semana se pesó, cumplimentó el cuestionario señalado y contestó a una entrevista. Los resultados cuantitativos señalan un impacto notorio de la carga de entrenamiento y la dieta en las variables medidas. El análisis de los datos cualitativos produjo tres categorías: estados de ánimo, relaciones sociales, y autoimagen, dieta y rendimiento deportivo. Estos hallazgos pueden ayudar a obtener una mayor comprensión del kickboxer de élite.Abstract. The aim of this study was to assess the impact of training and diet on the perceptions of an elite kickboxer (National champion with international experience) during his preparation for the European Championships. Four instruments were used to collect data: one questionnaire that included the Profile of Mood States and the subscale of the “cognitions related to corporal satisfaction and self-image” from the Athlete’s Eating Habits Questionnaire, rate of perceived exertion, body weight, and semi-structured interviews. During 10 weeks, 9 before and one during the competition, the participant recorded his perceived exertion after each training session, and assessed his weight, filled out the questionnaire, and was interviewed once per week. Quantitative results showed a noteworthy impact of the training load and the diet on the measured variables. Qualitative data analysis produced three categories: mood states, social relationships and self-image, diet, and sports performance. These findings may help to obtain a greater understanding of elite kickboxers.

Mood States of Professional Female Tennis Players

1991 ◽  
Vol 73 (1) ◽  
pp. 187-190 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emily H. Wughalter ◽  
Joan C. Gondola
Keyword(s):  
Female Athletes ◽  
Mood State ◽  
Mood States ◽  
Profile Of Mood States ◽  
Psychological Profile ◽  
Tennis Players ◽  
College Age

To develop a psychological profile of professional female athletes, specifically of elite tennis players, 16 professional female tennis players from five countries were given the Profile of Mood States to measure six mood states: tension, depression, anger, vigor, fatigue, and confusion. When age was controlled in the design, older female athletes exhibited the “iceberg profile,” i.e., they scored higher on the vigor mood state and lower on all other mood states than college-age women. Younger athletes scored like college-age women. These results only partially support the 1987 work of Morgan, O'Connor, Sparling, and Pate.

Emotional Reactivity to Visual Content as Revealed by ERP Component Clustering

2015 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 135-146 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miroslaw Wyczesany ◽  
Szczepan J. Grzybowski ◽  
Jan Kaiser
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Reactivity ◽  
Brain Activity ◽  
Affective State ◽  
Occipital Lobe ◽  
Stimulus Onset ◽  
Emotional States ◽  
Neural Basis ◽  
Temporoparietal Junction ◽  
The Right ◽  
The Impact

Abstract. In the study, the neural basis of emotional reactivity was investigated. Reactivity was operationalized as the impact of emotional pictures on the self-reported ongoing affective state. It was used to divide the subjects into high- and low-responders groups. Independent sources of brain activity were identified, localized with the DIPFIT method, and clustered across subjects to analyse the visual evoked potentials to affective pictures. Four of the identified clusters revealed effects of reactivity. The earliest two started about 120 ms from the stimulus onset and were located in the occipital lobe and the right temporoparietal junction. Another two with a latency of 200 ms were found in the orbitofrontal and the right dorsolateral cortices. Additionally, differences in pre-stimulus alpha level over the visual cortex were observed between the groups. The attentional modulation of perceptual processes is proposed as an early source of emotional reactivity, which forms an automatic mechanism of affective control. The role of top-down processes in affective appraisal and, finally, the experience of ongoing emotional states is also discussed.

Profile of Mood States 2nd Edition™

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juvia P. Heuchert ◽  
Douglas M. McNair
Keyword(s):  
Mood States ◽  
Profile Of Mood States

Profile of Mood States--Brief Scales

1989 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward Guadagnoli ◽  
Vincent Mor
Keyword(s):  
Mood States ◽  
Profile Of Mood States

Challenges and opportunities for the affective sciences.

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew S. Fox ◽  
Regina Lapate ◽  
Alexander J. Shackman ◽  
Richard J Davidson
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
Human Condition ◽  
Emotional States ◽  
Quarter Century ◽  
Core Feature ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
The Mind ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Improved Methods ◽  
Health And Well Being

Emotion is a core feature of the human condition, with profound consequences for health, wealth, and wellbeing. Over the past quarter-century, improved methods for manipulating and measuring different features of emotion have yielded steady advances in our scientific understanding emotional states, traits, and disorders. Yet, it is clear that most of the work remains undone. Here, we highlight key challenges facing the field of affective sciences. Addressing these challenges will provide critical opportunities not just for understanding the mind, but also for increasing the impact of the affective sciences on public health and well-being.

Report of the Ad Hoc Subgroup on the Impact of Competition in Contracting on Research and Development

1988 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laurence Storch ◽  
Donald Fraser ◽  
Robert Lunn ◽  
Barbara Glacel ◽  
Naomi J. McAfee
Keyword(s):  
Research And Development ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
The Impact
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