Paper title: |
Exploring the associations between cognitive emotion regulation, resilience and sport performance among darts players |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.4316/SAM.2024.0210 |
Published in: | Volume XVII issue 2/ 2024 |
Publishing date: | 2024 |
Pages: | |
Author(s): | Mariana Mirela Iftode
Andreea Ursu |
Abstract. | The aim of this study was to investigate the link between cognitive emotion regulation strategies, resilience, and sport performance among darts players. Participants included 102 darts players who were members of the Romanian Darts Federation (Mage= 39.5; SD = 9.24; 74.5% males). They were asked to fill out scales for cognitive emotion regulation, resilience, training and demographic questions online, before the national competitions. Results showed positive correlations between refocus on planning, acceptance and sport performance, and negative correlations between blaming others, catastrophizing and sport performance among darts players. These findings underscore the importance of enhancing cognitive emotion regulation strategies, highlighting the value of refocusing on planning and acceptance, while avoiding catastrophizing in order to improve sport performance. |
Keywords: | cognitive emotion regulation, resilience, darts, sport performance |
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