NCT05042518

Psychological Skill Training for Athletes

The Effectiveness of Psychological Skill Training on Quantitative Electroencephalogram (EEG) in Athletes Before the Competition

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 33 (actual)
• Sponsor: Mahidol University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 35 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The investigator will determine the effectiveness of psychological skill training on quantitative EEG in athletes before the competition.

Detailed description

Psychological skills training is the mental training that can apply for increased athletes' performance to make athletes more confident. The objective of psychological skill training is to develop the potential of athletes to be able to show their abilities (Peak Performance), and to create satisfaction, self-esteem, for athletes. Additionally, the ability to concentrate and reduce anxiety could affect athletes' emotions and be ready to participate in the competition. Therefore, this study will apply psychological skills training for athletes. The effectiveness of psychological skill training will be measured by using quantitative EEG before and after training. The quantitative EEG assessments could demonstrate an anxiety level at different stages of the competition and it could reveal the changes caused by training. The intervention will begin 3 months before the competition. The quantitative EEG measurements are arranged 4-5 times following the previous study. The sequence of the measurement will be including a baseline: one month before the competition, two weeks before the competition, a week before the match, three days before the match (depend on the situation), three days after the match (post-training).

Conditions

• No Conditions

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Experiment	breathing control and self-talk with objectives
OTHER	Control	The participant in the control group will receive consultations by a sport psychologist for goal setting and positive thinking. The duration is similar to the training group (4-5 minutes in each session, 4 sessions per week for 1 month)

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-04-05
• Primary completion: 2022-08-01
• Completion: 2022-12-30
• First posted: 2021-09-13
• Last updated: 2023-10-23

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Thailand