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Exploration Of The Experiences And Perceptions Of Club Athletes Using Mindfulness And Meditation Techniques During Their Basketball Season, Brigett Fithian-Giantonio
Exploration Of The Experiences And Perceptions Of Club Athletes Using Mindfulness And Meditation Techniques During Their Basketball Season, Brigett Fithian-Giantonio
Honors Theses
Literature reveals that there is a direct effect of mindfulness and meditation on athletes at various levels in their career. The present study aims to explore the experience and perceptions of mindfulness and meditation on female collegiate club basketball players. A sample of 8 undergraduates at Assumption University completed daily guided mindfulness and meditation sessions via the Smiling Mind application. Simultaneously, they wrote journal entries expressing their thoughts. Participants were interviewed at the conclusion of the study. Thematic analysis was used to analyze the data from the interviews and the journal entries finding two major themes, (1) mindful expressions and …
The Relationship Between Trait Mindfulness And Memory Performance, Kyra Belden
The Relationship Between Trait Mindfulness And Memory Performance, Kyra Belden
Honors Theses
Previous research has found a link between trait mindfulness and various aspects of wellbeing and cognition. Further, research on state mindfulness has found it to relate to performance on a memory task designed to examine eyewitness susceptibility. In the present study, I sought to expand on these findings by examining whether levels of trait mindfulness would also predict how susceptible individuals’ memories are to external suggestion. Seventy-three participants studied six common household scenes, and then rated the pleasantness of items they were told were recalled by another participant. These items included six suggested items not present in the scenes. After …