A relação entre o criticismo do treinador e a ansiedade dos atletas: O papel do mindfulness e do autojulgamento

Background and Aim: The sample included 184 adolescent athletes (150 boys 34 girls), aged between 12 18 years old, who completed a protocol of self-report instruments assessing sports anxiety (SAS-2), the perception coach’s critical attitudes (APoCCAS), mindfulness (CAMM) self-compassion (SCS). Method: Results: Sports showed positive association with coach self-judgment negative mindfulness. Mindfulness revealed athletes’ attitudes. Self-judgment was positively associated regression model explained 45% variance in anxiety, being only predictors. Path analysis results indicated that athlete’s fully mediated effect on anxiety. Conclusions: Results suggest perceive more from coach, have self-judgmental attitudes, fewer skills tend to higher levels present study is innovative showing how these variables are associated, suggesting development reduction can help decrease impact competitive