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Is a Brief Body Scan Helpful for Adolescent Athletes' Sleep Problems and Anxiety Symptoms?
Department of Social and Psychological Studies, Karlstad University, Karlstad, Sweden.
Faculty of Health Sciences, Kristianstad University, Kristianstad, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-2008-0784
Department of Behavioral Sciences and Learning, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden; Athletics Research Center, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.
Centre for Psychiatry Research, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute, & Stockholm Health Care Services, Region Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-2059-1621
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2023 (English)In: Mindfulness, ISSN 1868-8527, E-ISSN 1868-8535, Vol. 14, no 6, p. 1522-1530Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Objectives: The aim of the studywas to compare the effects of a brief body scan with relaxation as an active control group to better understand their respective contributions to the reduction of sleep problems and anxiety symptoms among adolescent athletes.

Method: Two hundred and six adolescent athletes were recruited during the school year 2016/2017 and randomized into four arms: 4 weeks body scan, 8 weeks body scan, 4 weeks relaxation, and 8 weeks relaxation. Sleep problems and anxiety were measured at baseline and 4, 8, and 16 weeks after baseline. Time trends in sleep problems and anxiety were estimated using linear repeated measures models and compared between the four groups.

Results: Overall, there were beneficial time changes for sleep problems and anxiety symptoms in all four intervention groups, but significantly so only for anxiety symptoms. Specifically, the reduction of anxiety symptoms varied between - 11% per month for 8 weeks body scan, - 12% per month for 8 weeks relaxation, - 13% per month for 4 weeks relaxation, and - 16% per month for 4 weeks body scan. However, the time trends did not differ by intervention type or duration.

Conclusions: Both types of interventions had beneficial effects on anxiety independent of length of intervention, suggesting that a brief body scan as well as a brief relaxation could be part of a daily recovery practice for adolescent athletes.

Preregistration: This study was not preregistered.

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Springer, 2023. Vol. 14, no 6, p. 1522-1530
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Adolescents, Athletes, Anxiety, Body Scan, Sleep
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Psychology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-107266DOI: 10.1007/s12671-023-02149-wISI: 001020240900001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85163483774OAI: oai:DiVA.org:oru-107266DiVA, id: diva2:1785205
Available from: 2023-08-01 Created: 2023-08-01 Last updated: 2023-08-01Bibliographically approved

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