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    The Effectiveness of the Psychological Intervention in Amateur Male Marathon Runners
    with Jose C. Jaenes, Dominika Wilczyńska, Rafael Peñaloza, Arturo Casado, and Manuel Trujillo
    Frontiers in Psychology 12. 2021.
    Background: The Marathon runners must have the proper technical preparation to reach excellence and to achieve adequate psychological preparation for the race. Against this background, the current study aims to describe the implementation results of a cognitive-behavioral intervention based on psychological skills training for marathon runners.Methods: Fourteen amateur male marathoners with an average age of 30 were trained with various emotional and cognitive control techniques to enhance their…Read more
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    A Moderated Mediation Model of Wellbeing and Competitive Anxiety in Male Marathon Runners
    with Jose C. Jaenes, Manuel Trujillo, María del Pilar Méndez-Sánchez, Patxi León-Guereño, and Dominika Wilczyńska
    Frontiers in Psychology 13. 2022.
    Running marathons is an increasingly popular activity with an ever-increasing number of events and participants. Many participants declare that they pursue a variety of goals by running, namely, the maintenance of good health, the development of strength and improvement of fitness, the management of emotions, and the achievement of resilience and psychological wellbeing. The research has examined marathon running, like many other sports, and has studied various factors that reduce athletic perfo…Read more