This study was designed to explore the relationship between elite athletes' self-regulation ability and their ranking at the world level using psychophysiological stress assessment profiling. Fifteen elite level athletes' psychophysiological stress response patterns were recorded during a nine-stage stress assessment. Respiration rate, heart rate, heart rate variability, skin conductance, peripheral body temperature, and electromyograph (trapezius and frontalis) were monitored. There was a significant correlation between elite athletes' overall self-regulation ability and their ranking at the world level, meaning that the better the overall self-regulation ability of the athlete, the better the world ranking. In addition, a multiple regression analysis indicated that self-regulation accounted for 76% of the variance in world ranking. Our results suggest the existence of a relationship between elite athletes' overall self-regulation ability and their ranking at the world level. Therefore, the results of this study have important implications for training of optimal psychophysiological self-regulation in athletes.
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A Preliminary Study on the Relationship Between Athletes' Ability to Self-Regulate and World Ranking
Margaret Dupee, PhD (cand.);
Margaret Dupee, PhD (cand.)
1School of Human Kinetics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada;
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Penny Werthner, PhD;
Penny Werthner, PhD
2Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
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Tanya Forneris, PhD
Tanya Forneris, PhD
1School of Human Kinetics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada;
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Biofeedback (2015) 43 (2): 57–63.
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Margaret Dupee, Penny Werthner, Tanya Forneris; A Preliminary Study on the Relationship Between Athletes' Ability to Self-Regulate and World Ranking. Biofeedback 1 June 2015; 43 (2): 57–63. doi: https://doi.org/10.5298/1081-5937-43.2.01
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