Associations between competitive anxiety, athlete characteristics and sport context: evidence from a systematic review and meta-analysis

Abstract Background: There is a vast literature investigating the possible associations between competitive anxiety, athlete variables and sports context. As far as we are concerned, there is no study which has compiled such findings to produce more robust evidence on this topic. Objectives: The aim of the study was to conduct an exploratory systematic review of the literature followed by a meta-analysis in order to investigate possible associations between competitive anxiety, social-demographic characteristics, profile of the athlete and sports context. Methods: Systematic searches of PubMed, PsycInfo, Web of Science, Lilacs and SciELO electronic databases were performed to identify studies published between January 2006 and January 2018, including a manual search in the references of the selected studies. Results: A total of 59 studies were included for qualitative synthesis and 27 for meta-analysis. More robust associations were observed between competitive anxiety and female gender, lower age, and less experience time. Discussion: Knowing the variables which exert influence on competitive anxiety can be relevant to plan specific treatment and intervention programs, enabling the athlete's development beyond technical and physical preparation.

O uso de filmes como estratégia terapêutica na prática clínica / The use of films as therapeutic strategy in clinical practice

O uso de filmes em psicoterapia, embora não recente, ainda é pouco difundido no meio científico. Para ampliar esta temática, o presente artigo teve por objetivo evidenciar o uso de filmes como estratégia terapêutica complementar às condutas tradicionais na prática clínica, utilizando-se de um relato de caso em que a cliente apresentava dificuldade de se manter em relacionamentos duradouros. Foram realizadas 35 sessões, sendo observado que a utilização de filmes envolvendo temas semelhantes às queixas proporcionou a compreensão das variáveis estabelecedoras e mantenedoras do padrão comportamental da cliente. Notou-se maior engajamento da mesma, ampliação do repertório comportamental e modificação das contingências mantenedoras de comportamentos problema. Embora este caso permita ampliar a discussão sobre a efetividade deste recurso, pontua-se a relevância de promover mais evidências científicas que a sustentem de fato...

The use of film in psychotherapy, althoug not new, is still not widespread in scientific circles. To enlarge this issue, this article aimed to demonstrate the use of film as a complementary therapeutic strategy to traditional behaviors in clinical practice, using a case report in which the client had difficulty to keep in lasting relationships. Thirty-five sessions were conducted, and observed that the use of films involved similar topics to complaints provided the understanding of establishers and sponsors variables the behavioral pattern’s customer. It was noted greater engagement thereof, expansion of the behavioral repertory and modification of maintaining contingencies of problem behaviors. Although this case allows broad discussion about effectiveness of this resource, points up the importance of promoting more scientific evidences to support it in fact...