ReviewTranslational pediatrics2025
Sport-related performance anxiety in young athletes: a clinical practice review.
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- Do brief mindfulness-based interventions improve sport-related performance? A systematic review.Frontiers in public health · 2026Pooled it
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- Cultivating Strengths: Extracurricular Activity Participation in Relation to Psychological Wellbeing and Social Functioning in Adolescents with and without ADHD.Research on child and adolescent psychopathology · 2026Article
- Mental health in elite and youth athletes: emerging strategies and evidence-based trends: a narrative review.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2026Review
- Effects of Personalized Mental Imagery Training on Anger Expression and Resilience in Adolescent Rugby Players: A Controlled Study.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- The Role of Social Support and Perfectionist Climate in the Development of Sports Persistence.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Self-confidence and perceived fatigue as predictors of performance satisfaction in trained swimmers.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Within-person reciprocal associations among physical activity, loneliness, and social anxiety in adolescence.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- The Influence of Exercise on the Endocrine System: Impacts on Adolescent Growth and Development.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2026Review
- The effects of competitive trait anxiety on attentional bias in adolescent tennis players.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Integrative psychological interventions for stress regulation in sport: a mini-review.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2026Review
- Effects of the Six Pillars of Lifestyle Medicine on the Performance of High School Athletes: A Systematic Review.American journal of lifestyle medicine · 2025Article
- Emotional and Cognitive Perspectives in Physical Activity and Sport: An Introduction.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Effects of psychological interventions on anxiety in athletes: a meta-analysis based on controlled trials.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Relationships among anxiety, psychological resilience, and physical activity in university students: variable-centred and person-centred perspectives.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- The adolescent football mind: how age and playing position influence competitive state anxiety, self-confidence, and cognitive interference in Indian footballers.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2025Article
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Abstract
Performance anxiety is characterized by intense feelings of emotional distress before, during, or after performing in front of others. In pediatric patients who participate in organized, competitive athletics, this can manifest with somatic, cognitive, and behavioral symptoms such as activation of the sympathetic nervous system and avoidance behaviors. Performance anxiety may now be classified as a psychiatric disorder if symptoms have been longstanding and cause significant emotional distress and/or functional impairment. Participation in competitive sports can confer many benefits to pediatric patients, but these benefits may go unrealized if performance anxiety is not addressed and leads to attrition from athletics. This review provides up-to-date information on prevalence and risk factors of performance anxiety in young athletes (generally speaking, school-age children, adolescents, and young adults). The clinical presentation, assessment considerations including differential diagnosis, and several standardized measures of performance anxiety are overviewed. We also review comprehensive management of sports performance anxiety in pediatric populations, with an emphasis on psychological interventions. Presently, cognitive behavioral therapy dominates the literature as an effective treatment for this condition, and special considerations in adapting this intervention to pediatric populations are considered. Recent research in the area of mindfulness as an effective intervention for sports performance anxiety is explored. In addition, careful consideration is given to appropriate pharmacological treatment, including propranolol, hydroxyzine, and benzodiazepines.
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