The main of this research was to investigate the effect of a psychological training program on mental health of elite basketball players. This research was semi–experimental with pretest posttest and a control group. The population consisted of all basketball players from Iran basketball super league (N=150). They were divided into two teams: experimental and control group. Minnesota multiphasic personality inventory – 2 restructured form (MMPI – 2RF) was used to collect data which consisted of validity scales profile as well as 4 profiles including clinical, somatic/cognitive and internalizing scale, externalizing scale, interpersonal and interest scale and psyche scale. This inventory consisted of 338 questions and showed high validity and reliability coefficients (P<0.86). The inventory was administered to the subjects before and after the intervention. Covariance analysis was used to analyze the data. The results revealed that the intervention reduced these subscales: emotional/externalizing dysfunction, thought dysfunction, demoralization, somatic complaints, low positive emotions, ideas of persecution, malaise, cognitive complaints, helplessness / hopelessness, stress / mental pressure, anxiety, drug abuse, family problems, interpersonal passivity, social avoidance, disaffiliation, aesthetic - literary interests, psychoticism, negative emotions and neuroticism in the experimental group.
Shahintab,M , Aslankhani,M A , Abdoli,B and Kamkari,K . (2010). The Effect of a Psychological Training Program on Mental Health of Elite Basketball Players. (e23801). Journal of Sports and Motor Development and Learning, 2(2), e23801
MLA
Shahintab,M , , Aslankhani,M A , , Abdoli,B , and Kamkari,K . "The Effect of a Psychological Training Program on Mental Health of Elite Basketball Players" .e23801 , Journal of Sports and Motor Development and Learning, 2, 2, 2010, e23801.
HARVARD
Shahintab M, Aslankhani M A, Abdoli B, Kamkari K. (2010). 'The Effect of a Psychological Training Program on Mental Health of Elite Basketball Players', Journal of Sports and Motor Development and Learning, 2(2), e23801.
CHICAGO
M Shahintab, M A Aslankhani, B Abdoli and K Kamkari, "The Effect of a Psychological Training Program on Mental Health of Elite Basketball Players," Journal of Sports and Motor Development and Learning, 2 2 (2010): e23801,
VANCOUVER
Shahintab M, Aslankhani M A, Abdoli B, Kamkari K. The Effect of a Psychological Training Program on Mental Health of Elite Basketball Players. JSMDL. 2010;2(2):e23801 (In Persian).