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Mousavi Abdollahi S F, Khalatbari J. Investigating the Effectiveness of Neurofeedback In Reducing Competitive Anxiety among Student Athletes in the 4th District of Tehran. J Clin Sport Neuropsychol 2022; 2 (4) : 4
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1- Islamic Azad University North Tehran Branch
2- Department of Psychology, Tonekabon Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tonekabon, Iran., Department of Psychology, Tonekabon Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tonekabon, Iran.
2- Department of Psychology, Tonekabon Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tonekabon, Iran., Department of Psychology, Tonekabon Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tonekabon, Iran.
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Background and Purpose: Neurofeedback training (NFT) is a unique type of biofeedback in which participants learn to intentionally modulate their brain waves activity, thereby enhancing control over processes that are usually not consciously regulated. The present study aimed to determine the NFT effectiveness on athlete students' cognitive functions (worry, concentration, and somatic anxiety traits).
Method: The study was a non-blinded quasi-experimental study involving 24 high school students in the 4th district of Tehran. The participants were selected with the convenience sampling method. The participants were randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. They completed the sport anxiety scale-2 (Smith et al., 2006) in pretest and posttest. The participant's data were analyzed using SPSS-26.
Results: The results demonstrate the effectiveness of the NFT in improving cognitive functions. In addition, these demonstrated that the NFT could significantly reduce worry (p<0.05) and increase concentration (p<0.01), but it cannot decrease somatic anxiety traits of athlete students (p>0.05).
Conclusion: Here is demonstrated the potential of the NFT as a contemporary technology for the improvement of cognitive functions of athlete students. Furthermore, the results suggest that NFT is a promising alternative to other psychological interventions, and sports psychologists can use the NFT for the cognitive improvement of athletes.
Method: The study was a non-blinded quasi-experimental study involving 24 high school students in the 4th district of Tehran. The participants were selected with the convenience sampling method. The participants were randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. They completed the sport anxiety scale-2 (Smith et al., 2006) in pretest and posttest. The participant's data were analyzed using SPSS-26.
Results: The results demonstrate the effectiveness of the NFT in improving cognitive functions. In addition, these demonstrated that the NFT could significantly reduce worry (p<0.05) and increase concentration (p<0.01), but it cannot decrease somatic anxiety traits of athlete students (p>0.05).
Conclusion: Here is demonstrated the potential of the NFT as a contemporary technology for the improvement of cognitive functions of athlete students. Furthermore, the results suggest that NFT is a promising alternative to other psychological interventions, and sports psychologists can use the NFT for the cognitive improvement of athletes.
Article number: 4
Type of Study: Research |
Subject:
Sport Psychology
Received: 2022/05/11 | Accepted: 2022/08/21 | Published: 2022/11/1
Received: 2022/05/11 | Accepted: 2022/08/21 | Published: 2022/11/1
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