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Bisagni, D., Bisagni, M., & Vaccaro, M. (2018). Mindfulness e flessibilità psicologica nella pratica sportiva: validazione della versione italiana della State Mindfulness Scale for Physical Activity (SMS-PA) e della versione per lo sport dell’Acceptance and Action Questionnaire (AAQ-II) [Mindfulness and psychological flexibility in sport practice: Validation of the italian version of the SMS-PA and the sports version of the AAQ-II]. Psicoterapia cognitiva e comportamentale, 24(2), 153-173.
The Flourishing Footballers programme: Using psycho-education to develop resilience through ACT
This paper details the Flourishing Footballers programme, a practical innovation which was designed to enhance resilience by explicitly integrating ACT into a male Academy football context (Youth Development Phase). The intervention was carried out by implementing a season-long psycho-education programme, which is the culmination of ten years work. Core components of the programme are presented and evaluated. The programme was deemed to be successful based on player engagement with the programme, and utilisation of the taught ACT-based skills. Thus, support is offered for ACT as an efficacious method of intervention within an elite sport context. Consideration is given to the practical implications of this novel programme.
Complexity of emotion regulation strategies in changing contexts: A study of varsity athletes
Research on emotion regulation has typically overlooked factors related to individual differences and situational contexts. The aim of the current study was to examine emotion regulation strategies used by 61 varsity athletes in different contexts; namely, before and after athletic competitions. Participant descriptions of pre- and post-competition emotion regulation strategies were coded using the Complexity of Emotion Regulation Scale. Participants also completed self-report questionnaires of alexithymia, difficulties in emotion regulation, emotional intensity, mental toughness, and perfectionism.