: theoretical considerations Gardner, Frank L. creator author Moore, Zella E. author text Behavior Therapy 2004 monographic eng

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707-723 pages. While traditional cognitive-behavioral skills-training-based approaches to athletic performance enhancement posit that negative thoughts and emotions must be controlled, eliminated, or replaced for athlete-clients to perform optimally, recent evidence suggests that efforts to control, eliminate, or suppress these internal states may actually have the opposite effect. Interventions based on mindfulness and acceptance suggest that internal cognitive and emotional states need not be eliminated, changed, or controlled in order to facilitate positive behavioral outcomes. Rather, it is suggested that an alternative or supplemental approach to the enhancement of athletic performance may be achieved through strategies and techniques that target the development of mindful (nonjudgmental) present-moment acceptance of internal experiences such as thoughts, feelings, and physical sensations, along with a clarification of valued goals and enhanced attention to external cues, responses, and contingencies that are required for optimal athletic performance. / Frank L. Gardner, Zella E. Moore. Athletic performance Behavior modification Cognitive behavioral therapy Mindfulness 0005-7894 https://research-ebsco-com.hub.tbs-education.fr/linkprocessor/plink?id=cb1c28e0-1896-3ac1-a782-772a311f85bd https://research-ebsco-com.hub.tbs-education.fr/linkprocessor/plink?id=cb1c28e0-1896-3ac1-a782-772a311f85bd TBS 260123 20260511113027.0 EN