Self-compassion to decrease performance anxiety in climbers: A randomized control trial

In climbing, anxiety may impair performance. Using an evolutionary approach, we hypothesized that athletes who treat themselves with self-compassion activate their contentment and soothing system thus reduce performance anxiety. A two-week randomized control trial was used to investigate the effect of on somatic cognitive We compared two groups (intervention waiting list) dates. Sixty climbers (Mage = 27.95, SDage 8.57) completed pre- post-assessment. The intervention consisted a psychoeducational leaflet five self-compassionate writing tasks. posttest, group showed increased (F 4.33, p .04, ηp2 0.07) decreased 6.24, .02, 0.10) list group. found no changes in results suggest could be considered as possible physical symptoms