Neuropsychological analysis of anxiety and executive control of motor patterns in athletes and non-athletes.

Autor:	Caramés JM; Department of Personality, Assessment and Psychological Treatment, Faculty of Psychology and Speech Therapy, University of Malaga, Málaga, Spain., Reigal RE; Department of Social Psychology, Social Anthropology, Social Work and Social Services, University of Malaga, Málaga, Spain., Morales-Sánchez V; Department of Social Psychology, Social Anthropology, Social Work and Social Services, University of Malaga, Málaga, Spain., Pastrana-Brincones JL; School of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Málaga, Málaga, Spain.; Department of Computer and Information Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences at the University of St. Thomas, Saint Paul, MN, United States., Anguera MT; Faculty of Psychology, Institute of Neurosciences, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain., Hernández-Mendo A; Department of Social Psychology, Social Anthropology, Social Work and Social Services, University of Malaga, Málaga, Spain.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Frontiers in psychology [Front Psychol] 2024 Jun 13; Vol. 15, pp. 1424152. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Jun 13 (Print Publication: 2024).
DOI:	10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1424152
Abstrakt:	Introduction: Even simple tapping tasks require cognitive processes. Some variants of the Finger Tapping Test (FTT) may reveal cognitive aspects associated with frontal processing, including executive functions such as inhibition, or emotional aspects such as anxiety. A context of particular interest for the application of cognitive-motor-anxiety interactions is sports. Although athletes generally exhibit better anxiety levels, they may experience heightened anxiety before important competitions. The problem lies in determining whether the application of anxiety control techniques can be useful in pre-competition situations, given the lack of quick and easy methods to detect if an athlete is experiencing anxiety at a particular moment. Methods: This exploratory study evaluated anxiety using online versions of questionnaires (ISRA, the Competitive State Anxiety Inventory-2, and STAI) and applied a variant of the FTT to 204 participants, both athletes and non-athletes. The scores were compared and correlated. Results: Athletes exhibited lower general anxiety and greater cognitive resistance to interference (better cognitive inhibition). Non-athletes displayed a particular parameter in the FTT variant that differed from the one obtained by athletes and exhibited higher anxiety levels. In the athletes' group only, anxiety was correlated with a specific parameter of the FTT task. Discussion: Our conclusion is that this parameter holds potential relevance in elite sports performance to detect if an athlete is experiencing anxiety. It could be of particular interest in psychological interventions in sports. Further investigation is warranted to fully explore this potential. Competing Interests: The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. The Reviewer MJ declared a past co-authorship with three of the authors RR, VM-S, AH-M to the handling Editor. The handling Editor LC has declared a past co-authorship with the Author VM-S. The author(s) declared that they were an editorial board member of Frontiers, at the time of submission. This had no impact on the peer review process and the final decision. (Copyright © 2024 Caramés, Reigal, Morales-Sánchez, Pastrana-Brincones, Anguera and Hernández-Mendo.)
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