Telic-Paratelic Dominance and Heart Rate Variability in Athletes Engaged in Power and Endurance Training.

The current study aimed to evaluate the telic-paratelic tendency and heart rate variability in athlete participants from different sports activities. We assigned 117 healthy participants ( age = 20, = 3 years) into three groups according to their training activity: power-trained (PT; n=43), endurance-trained (ET; n=36), and healthy untrained individuals (n=38). We assessed their telic-paratelic tendencies with the validated Telic Dominance Scale and their autonomic nervous system activity with heart rate variability (HRV) analyses.