Relationship between personal psychological capitals, stress level, and performance in marathon runners.
Hong Kong Physiother J
; 33(2): 67-72, 2015 Dec.
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| ID: mdl-30930570
BACKGROUND: Marathon runners experience different levels of stress from their performance, which may vary across different people. OBJECTIVES: This study sought to examine if stress levels could be predicted by running performance and personal psychological capitals, including optimism and self-efficacy levels in marathon finishers. It also determined the contribution of each component in a stress prediction model. METHODS: An online questionnaire and comprised validated scales were used to measure runners' performance, perceived stress levels, and personal psychological capitals. RESULTS: A positive correlation between runner performance and perceived stress level (rs = 0.256, p = 0.019) was found, while the personal psychological capitals were negatively correlated to stress levels (rs = -0.580, p < 0.001) and (rs = -0.618, p < 0.001) respectively. Perceived stress levels were best predicted by personal psychological capitals (² = -0.322--0.393, p = 0.001), but not running performance. CONCLUSION: Our findings suggested that psychological factors affect stress levels the most, and marathon runners with a lower performance were more prone to stress than those who perform better.
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Prognostic_studies
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Hong Kong Physiother J
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2015
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Article
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China
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Singapur