Clinical Trial Details
— Status: Completed
Administrative data
| NCT number |
NCT05169216 |
| Other study ID # |
SPAROW21 |
| Secondary ID |
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| Status |
Completed |
| Phase |
N/A
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| First received |
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| Last updated |
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| Start date |
June 1, 2020 |
| Est. completion date |
December 31, 2020 |
Study information
| Verified date |
December 2021 |
| Source |
Universidad de León |
| Contact |
n/a |
| Is FDA regulated |
No |
| Health authority |
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| Study type |
Interventional
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Clinical Trial Summary
A quasi-experimental study was carried out with the complete team of the Spanish youth team
of Rowing (n = 16). The setting where the intervention took place was during the
concentration prior to the 2020 European Rowing Junior Championships. The final assessment
was carried out the week before the championship (after finishing the 10th week of
intervention). Psychological variables were assessed using the Psychological Characteristics
Related to Sport Performance Questionnaire.
Description:
A quasi-experimental study was carried out with the complete team of the Spanish youth team
of Rowing (n = 16). The setting where the intervention took place was during the
concentration prior to the 2020 European Rowing Junior Championships (held in Belgrade
between September 25th and 27th). The athletes were concentrated without leaving their
accommodation during the eleven weeks prior to the championship. A total of 27 rowers started
the concentration, of whom 16 were eventually selected to participate in the championship.
A mental training program was carried out with the following objectives: (a) to learn to
manage their level of activation; (b) to train their ability to concentrate; (c) to optimize
their self-confidence; (d) to learn to compete by improving their racing routines; and (d) to
integrate mental training into their day-to-day life.
The athletes worked in small groups of four athletes. In addition, the days that the
psychologist attended the concentration, he was also present in the training sessions, with
the aim of giving them feedback on the strategies acquired. The psychologist was present in
various phases throughout the concentration and there was also a constant online monitoring.
Each week, a sheet of tasks to be executed and a diary were provided to verify compliance
with the guidelines.
The initial assessment was carried out on the second day of the concentration after the
explanation of the intervention to be carried out. The final assessment was carried out the
week before the championship (after finishing the 10th week of intervention).
Psychological variables were assessed using the Psychological Characteristics Related to
Sport Performance Questionnaire (CPRD) (Gimeno, Buceta, & Perez-Llantada, 2007), based on the
Psychological Skills Inventory for Sports (PSIS) (Mahoney, Gabriel, & Perkins, 1987). The
questionnaire consists of 55 items graded in a 5-option Likert scale (from totally disagree
to totally agree). It also includes a response option "I do not understand" to avoid missing
answers. CPRD includes five subscales: Stress Control (SC), Influence of Performance
Evaluation (IPE), Motivation (M), Team Cohesion (TC), and Mental Skills (MS), showing
acceptable values of internal consistency for the total scale (α = 0.85) and for most of the
subscales (αSC = 0.88; αIPE = 0.72; αM = 0.67; αTC = 0.78; αMS = 0.34) (Gimeno, &
Pérez-Llanta, 2010).
In addition, the following study variables were taken into account: gender, age, years of
experience in the rowing discipline and the position achieved on the podium in the 2020
European Championships.
