Qualitative Study on Mindfulness Mechanisms for Elite Athlete Mental Wellbeing

A 2026 qualitative study by Wei Wang explores mechanisms of change in an 8-week mindfulness program for 13 elite athletes. Data includes participants' stated intentions, practice notes, and semistructured interviews, analyzed via reflexive thematic analysis. The findings provide contextual insight for refining mindfulness-based programs to support athlete mental wellbeing.

Use Cases

• Analyzing thematic patterns in athlete wellbeing intentions based on qualitative interview data.
• Studying the role of moment-to-moment awareness in athlete affect and autonomy as described in the study.
• Investigating links between bodily sensation focus and emotional regulation strategies in athletes.
• Exploring the cultivation of self-compassion as a mechanism for growth in sport and personal life.

Strengths

• Data is drawn from three qualitative sources: stated intentions, practice notes, and semistructured interviews.
• The study involved 13 elite athletes (8 females, 5 males) with a mean age of 22.23.
• Analysis produced four distinct themes on mechanisms of change in mindfulness programs.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The dataset is small in scale at 632.7 KB, representing a limited qualitative study.

Provenance

Source

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Collection Method

Data were drawn from participants’ stated intentions, practice notes, and semistructured interviews, and analyzed using reflexive thematic analysis.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-23 17:57:48; freshness should be verified.