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The bright side of sports: a systematic review on well-being, positive emotions and performance
David Peris-Delcampo1, Antonio Núñez2, Paula Ortiz-Marholz3
1General Psychology Department, Valencia University, Valencia, 46010, Spain.
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.
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