The Psychology of Enhancing Human Performance: The Mindfulness-Acceptance-Commitment (Mac) Approach

By F. Gardner, Zella E. Moore. 2007

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Developmental and Educational Psychology, Social Psychology

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International society of sport psychology position stand: Athletes’ mental health, performance, and development (2017, background): “Mindfulness has been demonstrated to facilitate general well-being and to enhance elite performance (Gardner & Moore, 2007, 2012) and to serve as a protective factor to stress and stress-related psychological issues, such as athlete burnout (Gustafsson, Davis, Skoog, Kenttä, & Haberl, 2015).”
It Pays to Pay Attention: A Mindfulness-Based Program for Injury Prevention With Soccer Players (2015, methodology): “The program for each session was developed based on the MAC approach (Gardner & Moore, 2007).”
An Investigation of the Relationship Between Mindfulness, Preshot Routine, and Basketball Free Throw Percentage (2009, methodology): “…although no hypotheses were generated related to sport anxiety, we found that consistent with acceptance and mindfulness-based theoretical predictions (Gardner & Moore, 2004, 2006, 2007), there was no significant relationship between competitive anxiety and free throw shooting performance.”
Application of the Mindfulness-Acceptance-Commitment (MAC) Protocol With an Adolescent Springboard Diver (2009, methodology): “Using the Committing to Performance Values form (Gardner & Moore, 2007), Steve identified situations in practice when emotions distracted him from his goals, the short-and long-term consequences of acting upon these emotions, and how he incorporated the utilization of mindful attention and…”
Mindfulness and its Relationship with Perceived Stress, Affect and Burnout in Elite Junior Athletes (2015, background): “Finally, a recent study randomized controlled study (Ivarsson, Johnson, Andersen, Fallby, & Altemyr, in press), explored the effects of a mindfulness and acceptance based intervention (Gardner & Moore, 2007), and significantly decreased risk of injury in soccer players.”
Mindfulness meditation training for sport (MMTS) intervention: Impact of MMTS with division I female athletes (2014, methodology): “There has been a suggestion that mindfulness meditation training is distinct from psychological skills training (PST) in sport (De Petrillo et al., 2009; Gardner & Moore, 2004, 2006, 2007; Thompson et al., 2011).”
Mindfulness and acceptance approaches to sporting performance enhancement: a systematic review (2017, background): “…the acceptance of internal processes as a typical part of the athletic experience, and focus on the present moment regardless of those internal processes (Baltzell, Caraballo, Chipman, & Hayden, 2014; Birrer et al., 2012; Gardner & Moore, 2007, 2012; Mosewich, Crocker, Kowalski, & Delongis, 2013).”
Understanding individual compassion in organizations: the role of appraisals and psychological flexibility (2011, neutral): “…it is beyond the scope of this article to elaborate the specific details of approaches to enhancing psychological flexibility, Flaxman and Bond (2006) provide illustrative protocols for typical group-based workshops in an organizational setting (see also Gardner & Moore, 2007, and Harris, 2009).”
Mindfulness for Long-Distance Runners: An Open Trial Using Mindful Sport Performance Enhancement (MSPE) (2009, neutral): “Additional literature (Benson, 1975; Gallwey, 1974; Gardner & Moore, 2004, 2006, 2007; Goleman & Schwartz, 1976; Gontag, 2004) was integrated into the manual along with suggestions from Bruce Beall (personal communication, September 20, 2006), an Olympic rower who participated in and coauthored a…”
One year follow-up of mindful sport performance enhancement (MSPE) with archers, golfers, and runners. (2011, neutral): “…with the growing body of evidence indicating that mindfulness and acceptance-based sport interventions have the potential to enhance athletic performance (Bernier et al., 2009; Gardner & Moore, 2004, 2007; Lutkenhouse et al., 2010; Moore, 2009; Schwanhausser, 2009; Wolanin & Schwanhausser, 2010).”
Psychometric Properties of the Acceptance and Action Questionnaire–II for Chinese College Students and Elite Chinese Athletes (2014, methodology): “The concept of EA was first introduced into sport context through the mindfulnessacceptance-commitment approach (MAC; Gardner & Moore, 2004, 2007), which is an integration and adaptation of ACT (Hayes et al., 1999) and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT; Segal, Williams, & Teasdale, 2002).”
Theoretical and Empirical Developments of the Mindfulness-Acceptance-Commitment (MAC) Approach to Performance Enhancement (2009, methodology): “…initially borne out of the recognition that empirical support for the efficacy of traditional psychological skills training procedures was lacking (Gardner & Moore, 2007; Moore, 2003; Moore & Gardner, 2001) and drew upon the theoretical developments emerging from the “third-wave”…”