title: [Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) and improving chess performance in promising young chess-players].
abstract: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is shown to be effective in relatively distant fields from the so-called psychological disorders. One of these areas is sport performance improvement. The aim of the current study is to expand the application of brief ACT protocols to improve chess-players' performance. In a previous study, a brief protocol was applied to international-level adult chess-players that was effective. The current study aims to apply an equivalent brief ACT protocol, but in this case, applied in a group format to promising young chess-players. In addition, this brief protocol is compared to a non-intervention control condition. Results show that the ACT brief protocol improved the performance in 5 out of 7 participants, and that none of the chess-players in the control condition reached the established change criterion. The differences between the conditions in chess performance were statistically significant. The results are discussed, emphasizing the replicated impact of a brief ACT protocol on the improvement of chess-players' performance.
authors.affiliation: Universidad de Almería, Facultad de Psicología, Almería, Spain. frj939@ual.es
authors.forename: Francisco J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Ruiz
authors.forename: Carmen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Luciano
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010988:Play and Playthings / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult