Table 3.
Differences in mental skills, mindfulness state, and interoceptive awareness scales between athletes at international and other competitive levels
| Variable | Scales | National or lower (n = 102) |
International (n = 54) | U | p | BRC | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | SD | M | SD | |||||
| Mentals skills | Flow state | 21.33 | 3.96 | 21.59 | 3.58 | 2628.0 | 0.639 | -0.046 |
| Attention | 21.81 | 4.01 | 22.61 | 3.72 | 2358.5 | 0.140 | -0.144 | |
| Technique | 16.50 | 3.57 | 17.96 | 3.12 | 2108.0 | 0.016 | -0.235 | |
| Sensitivity to error | 21.28 | 3.31 | 21.94 | 3.16 | 2437.5 | 0.237 | -0.115 | |
| Commitment | 24.78 | 3.87 | 25.78 | 3.45 | 2310.5 | 0.097 | -0.161 | |
| Achievement | 20.46 | 3.98 | 20.32 | 4.90 | 2712.0 | 0.877 | -0.015 | |
| Total sport success | 126.16 | 17.64 | 130.20 | 15.28 | 2351.0 | 0.134 | -0.146 | |
| State mindfulness | Mind mindfulness | 20.80 | 4.52 | 18.61 | 4.57 | 3519.0 | 0.004 | 0.278 |
| Body mindfulness | 21.48 | 5.53 | 18.76 | 5.98 | 3512.0 | 0.005 | 0.275 | |
| Interoceptive awareness | Noticing | 3.31 | 0.87 | 3.36 | 1.00 | 2628.0 | 0.639 | -0.046 |
| Not distracting | 1.96 | 0.67 | 1.78 | 0.73 | 3238.0 | 0.071 | 0.176 | |
| Not worrying | 2.32 | 0.77 | 2.80 | 0.97 | 1916.5 | 0.002 | -0.304 | |
| Attention regulation | 3.16 | 0.75 | 3.38 | 0.83 | 2338.0 | 0.121 | -0.151 | |
| Emotional awareness | 3.53 | 0.85 | 3.49 | 1.02 | 2753.0 | 0.999 | -40.310 | |
| Self regulation | 2.84 | 0.88 | 2.96 | 1.08 | 2445.0 | 0.248 | -0.112 | |
| Body listening | 3.05 | 0.93 | 2.98 | 1.08 | 2833.5 | 0.767 | 0.029 | |
| Trusting | 3.53 | 0.90 | 3.68 | 1.05 | 2357.0 | 0.136 | -0.144 | |
Note. For the Mann-Whitney U-test, effect size is given by the rank biserial correlation (RBC).