The effect of ‘Athlete Mindset Program (AMP)’ on sports injury anxiety and athletic coping skills in U-16 football players
Gökçe Akın
, Aysel Pehlivan, Yeşim Albayrak Kuruoğlu, Melih Keskin
Faculty of Sport Sciences, Haliç University, Istanbul, Türkiye
Keywords: Sport injury anxiety, athletic coping skills, football
Abstract
Objective: The aim of this study is to introduce and evaluate the effect of the “Athlete Mindset Program (AMP)” on sports injury anxiety and athletic coping skills among U-16 football players.
Material and Methods: A total of 40 participants attended the 10-week anxiety management training program, which the authors entitled the ‘Athlete Mindset Program’. The effect of the program was evaluated with “Sport Injury Anxiety Scale (SIAS)’ and ‘Athletic Coping Skills Inventory (ACSI)’ before and after the implementations.
Results: The AMP reduced sports injury anxiety and improved athletic coping skills of U-16 football players.
Conclusion: The AMP holds the potential of coping with injury anxiety by improving athletes’ coping skills.
Cite this article as: Akin G, Pehlivan A, Albayrak Kuruoglu Y, Kesin M. The effect of ‘Athlete Mindset Program (AMP)’ on sports injury anxiety and athletic coping skills in U-16 football players. Turk J Sports Med. 2024;59(4):158-63; https://doi.org/10.47447/tjsm.0843
The approval for this study was obtained from Haliç University Ethics Committee (Decision No: 267, dated 28.12.2022).
Concept: GA, AP, YAK, MK; supervision: AP, YAK; design: GA, AP, MK; materials: GA, AP; data collection and/or processing: GA, MK; analysis and interpretation: GA, AP, YAK; literature review: GA, AP; writing manuscript: GA, AP, YAK; critical reviews: GA, AP, YAK, MK.
The authors declared no conflicts of interest with respect to authorship and/or publication of the article.
The authors received no financial support for the research and/or publication of this article.
