Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) and improving chess performance in promising young chess-players.

作者：Ruiz Francisco J^*; Luciano Carmen

来源：Psicothema, 2009, 21(3): 347-352.

Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) and improving chess performance in promising young chess-players. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is shown to be effective in relatively distant fields front the so-called psychological disorders. One of these areas is sport performance improvement. The aim of the current study is to expand the application of brief ACT protocols to improve chess-players' performance. In a previous study, a brief protocol was applied to international-level adult chess-players that was effective. The Current Study aims to apply all equivalent brief ACT protocol. but in this case, applied in a group format to promising young chess-players. In addition. this brief protocol is compared to a non-intervention control condition. Results Show that the ACT brief protocol improved the performance in 5 out of 7 participants. and that none of the chess-players in the control condition reached the established change criterion. The differences between the conditions in chess performance were statistically significant. The results are discussed, emphasizing the replicated impact of a brief ACT protocol on the improvement of chess-players performance.

• 出版日期2009-8