Oral / Poster Presentation File
1Master student of general psychology, University of Sistan and Baluchestan
2Bachelor of Psychology, University of Sistan and Baluchestan
Methods: This experimental study was a pre-test and post-test with the control group. The statistical population was all Female Martial Artists (karatekas and judokas) in Zabol studied in the 2021 Spring. The sample consisted of 40 individuals selected by simple random sampling (N = 20 in the experimental group and N = 20 in the control group). The age of the athletes ranged between 18 and 25 years, and All had been practicing their sports for 3-5 years. Before and after intervention and one month later in the follow-up process, the subjects responded to research scales including the Competitive State Anxiety Inventory-2 (CSAI-2) and the Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (CERQ). The experimental group received cognitive-behavioral intervention in 12 sessions of each 90 minutes. But there was no intervention on the control group. To analyze the data, Multivariate Covariance Analysis and One Way Covariance Analysis were applied.
Results: Findings showed that there was a significant difference between the experimental and control groups in the competitive anxiety (P < 0. 01) and cognitive emotional regulation (P < 0.05).
Conclusion: According to the result, cognitive-behavioral intervention effectively reduces the competitive anxiety of athletes, increases the use of adaptive cognitive strategies, and reduces the use of maladaptive cognitive strategies in female martial artists.
