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Abstract Objective The objective of this study is to conduct a systematic review regarding the relationship between positive psychological factors, such as psychological well-being and pleasant emotions, and sports performance. Method This study, carried out through a systematic review using PRISMA guidelines considering the Web of Science, PsycINFO, PubMed and SPORT Discus databases, seeks to highlight the relationship between other more ‘positive’ factors, such as well-being, positive emotions and sports performance. Settings The keywords will be decided by a Delphi Method in two rounds with sport psychology experts. Participants There are no participants in the present research. Assessment The main exclusion criteria were: Non-sport thema, sample younger or older than 20–65 years old, qualitative or other methodology studies, COVID-related, journals not exclusively about Psychology. Main outcomes measures We obtained a first sample of 238 papers, and finally, this sample was reduced to the final sample of 11 papers. Results The results obtained are intended to be a representation of the ‘bright side’ of sports practice, and as a complement or mediator of the negative variables that have an impact on athletes’ and coaches’ performance. Conclusions Clear recognition that acting on intrinsic motivation continues to be the best and most effective way to motivate oneself to obtain the highest levels of performance, a good perception of competence and a source of personal satisfaction.

IntroductionThis study explores the attributions and coping strategies of athletes who experienced psychological impact from sport injuries or illness from a qualitative methodology.PurposeTo understand athletes' unique perspectives on injury and recovery, framed in the Global Model of Sport Injuries, and contribute to the development of effective interventions and support programs for athletes.MethodsA qualitative research approach was employed, conducting semi-structured interviews with an ad hoc sample of 16 athletes, representing diverse backgrounds and competitive levels. Interviews were transcribed and analyzed using NVivo software, identifying themes and codes related to attributions and coping strategies.ResultsAthletes attributed their sport injury mostly to bad luck, routine deviations, and negative mental states, while coping strategies used included cognitive restructuring, emotional calming, seeking social support, mental withdrawal, and behavioral risk. Factors such as training deviations, social support, psychological responses, and injury diagnosis seems to have influenced the coping strategies employed.ConclusionsSport injuries and illnesses significantly impact athletes' careers and wellbeing. Support and effective communication from coaching staff and healthcare professionals were identified as crucial for athletes' wellbeing. These findings contribute to understanding the psychological processes and experiences involved in sport injury recovery and highlight key elements for prevention and intervention protocols. Future research should explore communication patterns in sports contexts and assess attributions and coping strategies at different stages of injury recovery.

Returning to sport after the sports injury is a difficult decision because it’s multicausal and the fact that a rash decision can result in numerous negative consequences. Given the importance of psychological variables for the correct rehabilitation of the injured athlete and his or her optimal return to sports practice, there seems to be little information on this subject. In this sense, the objective is to determine the relationship between the subjective psychological disposition of the athlete in the process of Return to Play (RTP) with the type of mood profile and his mental health. This is based on the fact that each athlete evaluates his or her recovery differently and has different levels of anxiety, depression, and stress. For this purpose, four athletes participated in the study. Two males and two females from the sports of indoor soccer and soccer, who had just returned to sports after a moderate or severe injury. The average age was 24.25 years. Various measurements were taken after practices and after matches, to assess mood, psychological readiness, anxiety, stress, and depression. The results confirm Morgan’s iceberg profile and the influence that subjective psychological perceptions and assessed emotional states have on athletes’ incorporation into their sports practice with a guarantee of success.

El estudio de la relación entre lesiones deportivas y factores psicológicos ha proporcionado diferentes modelos que ayudan a comprender la naturaleza de estas relaciones. Igualmente, la evidencia empírica ha mostrado la eficacia y limitaciones de los programas psicológico de intervención en lesiones. El objetivo de este trabajo es presentar y justificar conceptualmente - enmarcado en el Modelo Global Psicológico de las Lesiones Deportivas - y en base a los trabajos existentes relacionados, un protocolo de actuaciones psicológicas en el deporte orientado específicamente a la prevención de las lesiones deportivas y al proceso de rehabilitación de estas. Este protocolo implica una primera fase de evaluación del nivel de riesgo, representado visualmente como un semáforo, que conduce directamente a una segunda fase en la que se propone la implementación de intervenciones psicológicas específicas en los dos ámbitos básicos de actuación, la prevención y el proceso de rehabilitación. Por último, se realizan diferentes propuestas de futuros desarrollos del protocolo Psycholight.

The pandemic COVID-19 constituted one of the greatest ordeals the world has seen in the last decades. Social isolation has changed athletes’ lives completely and brought a number of consequences – both technical and psychological. The aim of this study was to investigate the dominant psychic conditions and perfectionism and their relation to the preferred coping strategies during the pandemic COVID-19 among sports students from Bulgaria and Russia and to outline their specificity depending on their gender, kind of sport, qualification, and nationality. The research was done among 199 sports students from Bulgaria and Russia who practice 18 kinds of sport, aged between 16 and 32 years, divided into groups according to their gender, kind of sport, level of qualification, nationality. The research methods included: 1) Sociodemographic, personal and sports evaluation; 2) Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale (FMPS, Frost, Marten, Lahart & Rosenblate, 1990), adapted for Bulgarian conditions by T. Iancheva, 2009; 3) Profile of Mood States (McNair, Lorr, & Droppleman, 1971); 4) Approach to Coping in Sport Questionnaire (ACSQ-1; Kim 1999; Kim & Duda, 1997). There are significant differences depending on gender, kind of sport, qualification, and nationality. The specific role of adaptive and maladaptive perfectionism was viewed in relation to the dominant psychic conditions during social isolation and the preferred coping strategies.

IntroductionResearchers display an interest in studying aspects like the mental health of high-performance athletes; the dark side of sport, or the earliest attempts to study the so-called dark triad of personality in both initiation and high-performance athletes. Therefore, the objective of this paper is to determine the possible existence and magnitude of negative psychological aspects within a population of competition sailors and from a probabilistic point of view, using Bayesian Network analysis.MethodsThe study was carried out on 235 semi-professional sailors of the 49er Class, aged between 16 and 52 years (M = 24.66; SD = 8.03).ResultsThe results show the existence of a Negative Tetrad-formed by achievement burnout, anxiety due to concentration disruption, amotivation and importance given to error-as a probabilistic product of the psychological variables studied: motivation, anxiety, burnout and fear of error.ConclusionThese results, supported by Bayesian networks, show holistically the influence of the social context on the psychological and emotional well-being of the athlete during competition at sea.

Objetivo. Analizar la relación entre la ansiedad competitiva y la cooperación deportiva en regatistas de competición de las Islas Baleares (España). Método. Se contó con una muestra de 46 regatistas de las Islas Baleares (M edad = 31.9 años; DT edad = 16.32), de diferentes niveles. Se aplicó el cuestionario Sport Anxiety Scale para la medida de la ansiedad competitiva y el Cuestionario de Cooperación Deportiva para el estudio de la cooperación. Se recogieron los datos de forma telemática y con ellos se llevó a cabo un análisis descriptivo y correlacional. Resultados. El análisis estadístico mostró correlaciones positivas y significativas, con el estadístico Pearson, entre la disposición de cooperación condicionada y todos los componentes de la variable ansiedad (Somática = 0.47, Preocupación = 0.51, Desconcentración = 0.52 y Global = 0.59). También se encontró una correlación positiva entre la ansiedad global y los componentes cognitivos de la misma, especialmente en la ansiedad por preocupación (Preocupación = 0.91 y Desconcentración = 0.84). Conclusión. El principal hallazgo del estudio fue la correlación significativa y positiva entre la cooperación condicionada y todos los componentes de la ansiedad competitiva.