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ArticleFrontiers in psychology2023

"The show must go on": How Paralympic athletes safeguarded their mental well-being and motivation to train for the postponed Tokyo 2020 games.

Debbie Van Biesen, Sofie Morbee

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Article in Frontiers in psychology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Debbie Van BiesenDepartment of Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Movement and Rehabilitation Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Sofie MorbeeDepartment of Developmental, Personality and Social Psychology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.

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Introduction: After the decision to postpone the Tokyo 2020 Games due to the COVID-19 pandemic, athletes had to adjust to a novel situation with feelings of uncertainty and insecurity. Grounded in Self-Determination Theory, this study was the first to examine whether different motivational profiles among Paralympic athletes can be identified, and to link these profiles with the athletes' emotional, cognitive, and performance-related outcomes in times of a pandemic. Methods: Five months before the start of the Paralympic Games, the participants ( Results: Through K-means cluster analysis, three distinct clusters were identified based on the athletes' dominant type of motivation, these are, dominantly amotivated ( Discussion: Although none of the athletes were at severe risk for depression or showed extremely high levels of stress, these results confirm that improving the quality of athletes' motivation can safeguard their well-being and enhance performance in Paralympic Sports.

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basic psychological needsCOVID-19mental healthmotivationpara-sportperformanceself-determination theoryselfregulation

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PMID37063585
PMCPMC10098451

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