Mind-over-body beliefs in sport and exercise: A driving force for training volume and performance, but with risks for exercise addiction.

Schüler, Julia; Stähler, Johanna; Wolff, Wanja (2023). Mind-over-body beliefs in sport and exercise: A driving force for training volume and performance, but with risks for exercise addiction. Psychology of sport and exercise, 68(102462), p. 102462. Elsevier Science 10.1016/j.psychsport.2023.102462

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We assume that athletic success is associated with certain beliefs that on the one hand promote performance-enhancing behavior (training volume), but on the other hand can also be detrimental to health (sports addiction). These beliefs are succinctly characterized by the title of the 9-item "Mind-over-Body" scale presented here. They are the three beliefs that 1) athletic performance requires a high level of effort, 2) that willpower plays an important role in athletic success, and 3) that athletic success requires pain tolerance. A total of six web-survey-based studies with a total of 1121 participants (approximately gender parity), including individuals with different levels of athletic performance (no competition; amateur sport; regional, national, or international competition), examined the psychometric network and construct and criterion validity of the MoB scale. Exploratory graph analyses, which included the studies with the largest sample sizes, showed that the three belief components (effort, willpower, pain) form separable communities within the MoB network and that the MoB items form communities distinct from self-control and self-efficacy. Meta-analyzed correlations across all six studies showed low positive correlations with self-control and self-efficacy. In terms of criterion validity, MoB beliefs were positively correlated with training volume and exercise addiction. We discuss MoBs as "on the edge of unhealthy" and place MOBs within a framework of related but distinct concepts.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

07 Faculty of Human Sciences > Institute of Education
07 Faculty of Human Sciences > Institute of Education > Educational Psychology

UniBE Contributor:

Wolff, Wanja

Subjects:

300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology > 370 Education

ISSN:

1469-0292

Publisher:

Elsevier Science

Language:

English

Submitter:

Pubmed Import

Date Deposited:

05 Sep 2023 13:58

Last Modified:

29 Oct 2023 02:22

Publisher DOI:

10.1016/j.psychsport.2023.102462

PubMed ID:

37665904

Uncontrolled Keywords:

Beliefs Competitive level Exercise addiction Performance-oriented sport Self-control Self-efficacy Training volume

BORIS DOI:

10.48350/186033

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/186033

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