Effects of Mindfulness-Acceptance-Commitment (MAC) on Sport-Specific Dispositional Mindfulness, Emotion Regulation, and Self-Rated Athletic Performance in a Multiple-Sport Population: an RCT Study
Mindfulness February 13, 2019 Torbjorn Josefsson, A. Ivarsson, H. Gustafsson et al.
An 8-week Mindfulness-Acceptance-Commitment (MAC) intervention improved self-rated athletic training performance in competitive elite athletes more than traditional Psychological Skills Training (PST). Changes in dispositional mindfulness and emotion regulation mediated this improvement. The MAC group showed greater post-test gains in sport-specific mindfulness, emotion regulation abilities, and perceived performance compared to the PST group. The findings suggest that mindfulness and emotion regulation are key mechanisms in the MAC approach, making it a more effective intervention than PST for elite athletes.