Publications by authors named "C Robazza"
The aim of the study was to investigate the relationship between basic psychological needs satisfaction, coping functions, cognitive appraisals, emotions, and psychobiosocial experiences in competitive athletes. Multi-states (MuSt) theory was used as the theoretical framework. The study involved a convenience sample of 183 Italian athletes (102 men), aged 16 to 48 years (M = 24.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: The aim of the study was to examine the relationship between dispositional mindfulness, cognitive appraisals, emotions, and psychobiosocial experiences in athletes within the framework of multi-states (MuSt) theory.
Method: A convenience sample of 334 Italian athletes (188 men and 146 women), aged 18-48 years ( = 24.77, = 7.
Self-confidence, mental toughness, and psychobiosocial experiences in elite rugby players.
Psychol Sport Exerc
December 2024
Article Synopsis
- The study explored how self-confidence, mental toughness, coping strategies, and appraisals of challenges or threats affect athletes' psychological and social experiences, using multi-states (MuSt) theory as a framework.
- Researchers assessed 76 elite male rugby players from the Italian national team during their training for the 2024 Men's Six Nations Championship.
- Results indicated that effective problem-focused coping and viewing situations as challenges helped mediate the positive effects of self-confidence and mental toughness on overall athlete wellbeing and performance, supporting the ideas behind MuSt theory.
Yoga Nidra (YN) naturally stimulates a hypnagogic state wherein an individual is physiologically asleep yet maintains a certain awareness to follow a guide's instructions. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of this aware sleep state on recovery-stress balance in two elite karate athletes adopting an idiosyncratic and multimodal approach. One male and one female athlete underwent a YN intervention.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: The purpose of the study was to examine the relationship between self-oriented perfectionism, socially prescribed perfectionism, cognitive appraisals, psychobiosocial experiences, and self-evaluated performance in soccer referees, using the multi-states (MuSt) theory as the theoretical framework.
Method: Participants were 67 soccer referees (57 men and 10 women, = 23.03 years, = 2.