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Mindfulness enhances athletic performance in competitive athletes both directly and indirectly through a sequential multi-stage self-regulatory process involving cognitive reappraisal and psychological resilience. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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This study aims to explore how mindfulness affects athletic performance through cognitive reappraisal and psychological resilience.

June 10, 2026BMC PsychologyOpen Access

Mindfulness, psychological resilience, and cognitive reappraisal on athletic performance: a predictive model based on psychological mechanisms

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CXCheng XingUniversity of Malaya ZNZainal Abidin N.E.University of Malaya ASAman M. S.University of Malaya

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Cross-sectional survey reveals predictive model linking mindfulness, resilience, and performance in athletes, suggesting training implications.

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This study aims to explore how mindfulness affects athletic performance through cognitive reappraisal and psychological resilience.
Cross-sectional questionnaire survey with 482 competitive university athletes from 19 universities in Sichuan Province, China.
Validated scales assessed mindfulness, cognitive reappraisal, psychological resilience, and perceived athletic performance.
Structural equation modeling analyzed relationships and bootstrapping tested mediating effects.
Mindfulness positively correlates with athletic performance, cognitive reappraisal, and psychological resilience.
Cognitive reappraisal and psychological resilience predict athletic performance, with cognitive reappraisal also predicting resilience.
Significant but modest sequential mediation exists from mindfulness to performance via cognitive reappraisal and resilience.

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Xing et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a28fe716f82f25be989bb29 https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-026-04825-7

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Cross-sectional survey reveals predictive model linking mindfulness, resilience, and performance in athletes, suggesting training implications.

Mindfulness, psychological resilience, and cognitive reappraisal on athletic performance: a predictive model based on psychological mechanisms

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