@article{Röthlin_Leiggener_2021, title={Self-compassion to decrease performance anxiety in climbers: A randomized control trial}, volume={6}, url={https://ciss-journal.org/article/view/7748}, DOI={10.36950/2021ciss004}, abstractNote={<p>In climbing, anxiety may impair performance. Using an evolutionary approach, we hypothesized that athletes who treat themselves with self-compassion activate their contentment and soothing system and thus reduce their performance anxiety. A two-week randomized control trial was used to investigate the effect of self-compassion on somatic and cognitive anxiety. We compared two groups (intervention and waiting list) on two dates. Sixty climbers (<em>M</em><sub>age</sub> = 27.95, <em>SD</em><sub>age</sub> = 8.57) completed the pre- and post-assessment. The intervention consisted of a psychoeducational leaflet and five self-compassionate writing tasks. In the posttest, the self-compassion intervention group showed increased self-compassion (F = 4.33, <em>p</em> = .04, η<sub>p</sub><sup>2</sup> = 0.07) and decreased somatic performance anxiety (F = 6.24, <em>p</em> = .02, η<sub>p</sub><sup>2</sup> = 0.10) compared to the waiting list control group. We found no changes in cognitive performance anxiety. The results suggest that self-compassion could be considered as a possible intervention to reduce physical symptoms of performance anxiety.</p>}, journal={Current Issues in Sport Science (CISS)}, author={Röthlin, Philipp and Leiggener, Romaine}, year={2021}, month={May}, pages={004} }