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ArticleFrontiers in nutrition2021

Effects of Mental Training Through Imagery on the Competitive Anxiety of Adolescent Tennis Players Fasting During Ramadan: A Randomized, Controlled Experimental Study.

Sofien Fekih, Mohamed Sami Zguira, Abdessalem Koubaa, Anouar Bettaieb, Jamel Hajji, Nicola Luigi Bragazzi, Mohamed Jarraya

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Article in Frontiers in nutrition, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors.

Sofien FekihHigher Institute of Sport and Physical Education of Gafsa, Gafsa, Tunisia.
Mohamed Sami ZguiraHigher Institute of Sport and Physical Education of Sfax, University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia.
Abdessalem KoubaaHigher Institute of Sport and Physical Education of Gafsa, Gafsa, Tunisia.
Anouar BettaiebHigher Institute of Applied Studies in Humanity of Mahdia, University of Monastir, Mahdia, Tunisia.
Jamel HajjiHigher Institute of Sport and Physical Education of Gafsa, Gafsa, Tunisia.
Nicola Luigi BragazziPostgraduate School of Public Health, Department of Health Sciences (DISSAL), Genoa University, Genoa, Italy.
Mohamed JarrayaHigher Institute of Sport and Physical Education of Sfax, University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study aimed to analyze the effects of mental training through imagery on the competitive anxiety of adolescent tennis players fasting during Ramadan. This is an experimental study conducted with 38 male tennis players, randomly allocated to two groups: an experimental group (EG,

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cognitive and somatic anxietydirectionintensitymental imagery trainingRamadan fastingself-confidencesport psychologytennis

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PMID34869512
PMCPMC8633113

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