The Effectiveness Of Mindfulness Training On Synchronized Swimming Athletes Of Guangdong Province

The Athlete’s Mindfulness Training Manual is a systematically developed andindigenized training manual in the field of psychological consultation and mentaltraining for Chinese athletes. The current study adopted the ABA multiple-baselinesingle-case design to examine the intervention effect of the mindfulness training for the6synchronized swimming athletes of Guangdong province. The whole study lasts formore than4months, comprising2weeks baseline test (A1),7weeks formal intervention(B), and2months follow-up test (A2). The measures in this research include the FiveFacet Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ), the Acceptance and Action Questionnaire-Ⅱ（AAQ-Ⅱ）, the WT-Attention test software, the POMS Mood Scale, the BriefResilience Scale(BRS) and the Athletes Training Quality Record (For Coach). Onemonth after the end of formal intervention, the Practice Assessment Questionnaire wasfulfilled by the six athletes and their two coaches, in order to evaluate the socialvalidity.Quantitative data showed that the mindfulness-based psychological interventionsignificantly improved the levels of mindfulness, acceptance, resilience, positive moodand concentration of these six athletes. The coach’s evaluation and the competitionresults of the12th National Games showed that the performance of all of theparticipants had been improved; the evaluation social validity revealed that the coachesand athletes were1tisfied with this intervention. Moreover, the level of the tense andhostile relationship between the athletes and the coaches had also been decreased. Theresults of the study confirmed the research assumptions, indicating that the effects ofmindfulness training were significant and had a long-lasting intervention effect.Therefore, the findings of the current study validate and effectiveness of thiswell-developed and indigenizedAthlete’s Mindfulness Training Manual.