نوع مقاله : مقالات مروری
نویسندگان
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Department of Motor Behavior and Sport Psychology, Faculty of Sport Sciences, Hakim Sezvari University, Sabzevar, Razavi Khorasan, Iran
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Master of Motor Control and Learning, Faculty of Sports Science. Sabzevar, Hakim Sabzevari University, Sabzevar, Iran
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Associate Professor of Motor Control and Learning, Department of motor behavior, Faculty of Physical Education and Sports Science, Hakim Sabzevari University, Sabzevar. Iran
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Postdoctoral of Motor Control and Learning, Faculty of Sports Science, Hakim Sabzevari University, Sabzevar. Iran
10.22091/frs.2026.14044.1114
چکیده
Objective: Combat sports, due to their appeal, diversity, and cultural aspects, are considered among the most popular athletic disciplines. Success in these sports, in addition to physical abilities, requires specific psychological skills, including emotion regulation, concentration, self-confidence, and emotional intelligence. Despite numerous studies examining these skills, some contradictory results have been reported. Such inconsistencies may be attributed to individual differences in age, gender, and skill level of athletes. Therefore, the present study was conducted with the aim of synthesizing and examining the role of age, skill level, and gender in the psychological skills of Iranian combat sport athletes using the meta-analysis method.
Methods: In the present study, a total of 70 relevant studies were collected, among which 35 met the required criteria for inclusion in the analysis. The data were analyzed using CMA2 software, and the computations were performed based on Cohen’s d index.
Results: The results indicated that the studies were heterogeneous (I² = 98%), and the psychological skills of combat sport athletes were similar in some components based on age, skill level, and gender, while differing in others. Positive psychological components such as emotional intelligence, mental toughness, concentration and attention, and self-confidence had a significant impact on athletes’ success. Moreover, psychological skills such as refocusing, goal setting, and imagery, along with negative emotions including cognitive and somatic anxiety, played an important role in the athletic performance of combat sport athletes.
Conclusion: The findings emphasize that designing psychological training programs tailored to individual characteristics can contribute to enhancing the performance of combat sport athletes.
کلیدواژهها
موضوعات
عنوان مقاله [English]
Investigating the Role of Age, Skill Level, and Gender on the Psychological Skills of Iranian Combat Sport:
A Meta-Analytic Study
نویسندگان [English]
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Mohammad Reza Shahabi Kaseb
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Sara Rezaee
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Rasool Zeidabadi
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Arezou Mehranian
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Department of Motor Behavior and Sport Psychology, Faculty of Sport Sciences, Hakim Sezvari University, Sabzevar, Razavi Khorasan, Iran
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Master of Motor Control and Learning, Faculty of Sports Science. Sabzevar, Hakim Sabzevari University, Sabzevar, Iran
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Associate Professor of Motor Control and Learning, Department of motor behavior, Faculty of Physical Education and Sports Science, Hakim Sabzevari University, Sabzevar. Iran
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Postdoctoral of Motor Control and Learning, Faculty of Sports Science, Hakim Sabzevari University, Sabzevar. Iran
چکیده [English]
Objective: Combat sports, due to their appeal, diversity, and cultural aspects, are considered among the most popular athletic disciplines. Success in these sports, in addition to physical abilities, requires specific psychological skills, including emotion regulation, concentration, self-confidence, and emotional intelligence. Despite numerous studies examining these skills, some contradictory results have been reported. Such inconsistencies may be attributed to individual differences in age, gender, and skill level of athletes. Therefore, the present study was conducted with the aim of synthesizing and examining the role of age, skill level, and gender in the psychological skills of Iranian combat sport athletes using the meta-analysis method.
Methods: In the present study, a total of 70 relevant studies were collected, among which 35 met the required criteria for inclusion in the analysis. The data were analyzed using CMA2 software, and the computations were performed based on Cohen’s d index.
Results: The results indicated that the studies were heterogeneous (I² = 98%), and the psychological skills of combat sport athletes were similar in some components based on age, skill level, and gender, while differing in others. Positive psychological components such as emotional intelligence, mental toughness, concentration and attention, and self-confidence had a significant impact on athletes’ success. Moreover, psychological skills such as refocusing, goal setting, and imagery, along with negative emotions including cognitive and somatic anxiety, played an important role in the athletic performance of combat sport athletes.
Conclusion: The findings emphasize that designing psychological training programs tailored to individual characteristics can contribute to enhancing the performance of combat sport athletes.
کلیدواژهها [English]
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Psychological skills
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Combat sports
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Meta-analysis
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Cognitive anxiety
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Concentration and attention
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