Open AccessPsychological reactions during competitive season and association with sleep among Norwegian junior elite athletes
Author(s) -
Frode Moen,
Maria Hrozanova,
Kenneth Myhre,
Christian A. Klöckner
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
international journal of applied sports sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2233-7946
pISSN - 1598-2939
DOI - 10.24985/ijass.2018.30.2.98
Subject(s) - worry , athletes , psychology , affect (linguistics) , elite athletes , norwegian , reactivity (psychology) , clinical psychology , sleep (system call) , elite , anxiety , psychiatry , physical therapy , medicine , linguistics , philosophy , alternative medicine , communication , pathology , computer science , operating system , politics , political science , law
The current study investigated whether athletes with negatively charged psychological reactivity that includes worry and negative affect experience more sleep disturbance in comparison with athletes whose psychological reactivity involves positive affect. Objective sleep monitoring for a period of 3-4 months was utilized in 32 junior elite athletes. Athletes completed the Positive and Negative Affect Scale, and the Penn State Worry Questionnaire before and after the sleep-monitoring period. Results showed changes and disturbances in sleep as a result of a specific psychological reactivity involving high worry and negative affect. On the other hand, positive affect was associated with normal sleep/wake patterns.