Counteracting mental fatigue for athletes: a systematic review of the interventions

H Sun, KG Soh, A Mohammadi, Z Toumi, L Zhang… - BMC psychology, 2024 - Springer
The deleterious effects of mental fatigue (MF) on athletes have been carefully studied in
various sports, such as soccer, badminton, and swimming. Even though many researchers …

Brief mindfulness meditation intervention improves attentional control of athletes in virtual reality shooting competition: Evidence from fNIRS and eye tracking

Q Gao, L Zhang - Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 2023 - Elsevier
Attentional control is a crucial cognitive ability for sports performance. The current research
aimed to investigate whether a brief (20-min) pre-competition mindfulness meditation (MM) …

Again, No evidence for or against the existence of ego depletion: opinion on “A multi-site preregistered paradigmatic test of the ego depletion effect”

C Englert, A Bertrams - Frontiers in human neuroscience, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The ego depletion effect has been one of the most cited psychological phenomena since
Baumeister et al. first introduced the term in 1998. The authors assume that individuals only …

Self-control in sports

C Englert, B Pageaux, W Wolff - 2021 - kops.uni-konstanz.de
Imagine yourself walking to the gym in the rain after a long hard day at work. Picture yourself
lifting heavy weights, even though you would prefer sitting on the sofa watching your favorite …

The role of gender in association between emotional intelligence and self-control among university student-athletes

A Dumciene, S Sipaviciene - … of environmental research and public health, 2021 - mdpi.com
The purpose of this study was to reveal the peculiarities of undergraduate studies university
student-athletes' emotional intelligence and self-control indicators, and the role of gender as …

Acute effects of mental recovery strategies in simulated air rifle competitions

F Loch, A Ferrauti, T Meyer, M Pfeiffer… - Frontiers in Sports and …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Objectives The present study aimed to assess the perception and change of mental and
physical fatigue and to examine acute effects of mental recovery strategies in air rifle …

Elites do not deplete–no effect of prior mental exertion on subsequent shooting performance in elite shooters

C Englert, A Dziuba, LS Giboin, W Wolff - Frontiers in psychology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
In order to perform at the highest level, elite shooters have to remain focused during the
whole course of a tournament, which regularly lasts multiple hours. Investing self-control …

[PDF][PDF] The waning willpower: A highly powered longitudinal study investigating fatigue vulnerability and its relation to personality, intelligence, and cognitive …

C Lindner, J Retelsdorf, G Nagy, S Zitzmann - Manuscript Submitted for …, 2024 - osf.io
Research has shown that current mental fatigue and self-control capacity play a crucial role
in the goal-directed regulation of emotion, motivation, and cognition. However, whether the …

The “10 mentality”: A longitudinal case study of self-control strength in two competitive recurve archers

RD Samuel, G Matzkin, S Gal… - Case studies in sport …, 2020 - journals.humankinetics.com
In this case study, the authors' aim was to apply the tenets of the strength model of self-
control with two Israeli competitive archers over the 2019–20 season. According to this …

Optoelectronic analysis of technical factors and performance of elite-level air pistol shooting

D Mon-López, A De la Rubia, A García-Aliaga… - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Technical elements are related to shooting performance; however, the importance of each
factor regarding performance, especially in elite-level pistol shooters, remains controversial …