The Relationship between Sport Mindfulness and Perceptions of Success in Athlete: The Mediating Role of Commitment to exercise

Document Type : علمی- پژوهشی

Authors

1 Sabzevar Branch, Islamic Azad University

2 Hakim Sabzevari University

Abstract

Purpose: One of the most important challenges in sport psychology is the identification of factors affecting the success of the sport. The aim of this study was to investigate the structural relationships between sport mindfulness and perception of athletes' sport success regarding mediating role of commitment to exercise.
Methods: The present study is descriptive and correlational. For this purpose, 205 athletes (average age: 23.67±13.80) from different team and individual disciplines participated in this study voluntarily. The Sports Success Perception Questionnaire, Sports Commitment Questionnaire and Sports Mindfulness Questionnaire were used to collect information. To investigate the structural relationships between variables, the statistical method of structural path modeling using Smart PLS2.0 and Spss23 software was used.
Results: The results showed that the positive and significant relationship between sport mindfulness and commitment to exercise with perceived success. In addition Sport mindfulness changes the athletes' perceived success by affecting the mediating variable of commitment to exercise, So that the presence of the mediating variable of commitment to exercise significantly increased the total effect (t=4.85).
Conclusion: It is important to pay special attention to sports mindfulness, because increasing sports mindfulness not only directly but also indirectly increases athletes' perceived success by increasing their commitment to exercise.

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