Shahid Beheshti University Sports Psychology 2676-3729 13 2 2021 09 23 The Impact of Guided imagery on Competitive Anxiety and Perceived Stress of Girls Basketball Players The Impact of Guided imagery on Competitive Anxiety and Perceived Stress of Girls Basketball Players 143 155 101644 10.48308/mbsp.6.2.143 FA Maryam Salehi Faculty of sport sciences, Urmia university, Urmia, Iran. Amin Amini Department of knowledge and cognitive intelligence, Imam Hossein University, Tehran, Iran 0000-0002-5744-9410 Zahra Nemati Faculty of physical education, Tehran university, Tehran, Iran Journal Article 2020 11 30 Purpose: The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effect of guided imagery on<br />competitive anxiety and perceived stress in girls basketball players.<br />Methods: The present study was quasi-experimental with pre-test design, post-test. The statistical<br />population of the present study included female basketball students of the University of Tehran who<br />were physically and neurologically healthy and none of them were familiar with guided visual training.<br />Forty people randomly selected and divided into two groups (experimental and control groups). In this<br />study, the experimental group received guided imagery training for four weeks, three sessions per<br />week and each session for 50 minutes, but the control group did not received psychological training.<br />Subjects were tested by Cohen's Perceived Stress Questionnaire (1983) and Bischart's Competitive<br />Anxiety Questionnaire (2009). Data was analyzed by analysis of covariance.<br />Results: The results showed that perceived stress and competitive anxiety between the experimental<br />and control groups were significant (P ≥ 0.001), and this method can be used to reduce perceived<br />stress and competitive anxiety of basketball athletes.<br />Conclusion: guided imagery exercises had a significant effect on the selected psychological variables<br />and this method can be used to reduce perceived stress and competitive anxiety of basketball<br />athletes.  Purpose: The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effect of guided imagery on<br />competitive anxiety and perceived stress in girls basketball players.<br />Methods: The present study was quasi-experimental with pre-test design, post-test. The statistical<br />population of the present study included female basketball students of the University of Tehran who<br />were physically and neurologically healthy and none of them were familiar with guided visual training.<br />Forty people randomly selected and divided into two groups (experimental and control groups). In this<br />study, the experimental group received guided imagery training for four weeks, three sessions per<br />week and each session for 50 minutes, but the control group did not received psychological training.<br />Subjects were tested by Cohen's Perceived Stress Questionnaire (1983) and Bischart's Competitive<br />Anxiety Questionnaire (2009). Data was analyzed by analysis of covariance.<br />Results: The results showed that perceived stress and competitive anxiety between the experimental<br />and control groups were significant (P ≥ 0.001), and this method can be used to reduce perceived<br />stress and competitive anxiety of basketball athletes.<br />Conclusion: guided imagery exercises had a significant effect on the selected psychological variables<br />and this method can be used to reduce perceived stress and competitive anxiety of basketball<br />athletes.  https://mbsp.sbu.ac.ir/article_101644_b459fa11ea75f3cae57edc128bfe99fd.pdf