TY - JOUR
T1 - Automated observation: Heart rate variability and its relationship with performance-related psychological variables in young swimmers
AU - Ortigosa-Márquez, Jesús M.
AU - Reigal, Rafael E.
AU - Portell, Mariona
AU - Morales-Sánchez, Verónica
AU - Hernández-Mendo, Antonio
PY - 2017/1/1
Y1 - 2017/1/1
N2 - © 2017: Servicio de Publicaciones de la Universidad de Murcia. Murcia (Spain). Correct interpretation of performance markers from a psychophysiological perspective is important in young developing athletes. This study had two objectives. The first was to analyze the relationship between heart rate variability (HRV) and the psychological variables sleep quality, self-esteem, and mood states in young swimmers from a professional swimming club. The second was to study the relationship between performance and HRV and psychological determinants. The sample was composed of nine swimmers (11.7±1.4 years) base on purposive sampling method. Data were collected once a week during training sessions for 3 weeks. The statistical analysis showed that anxiety was negatively correlated with the high frequency component of HRV (Ln HF) and positively correlated with the very low frequency component (Ln LVF). No significant correlations were observed for self-esteem or sleep quality. Performance in a 200-m freestyle event was negatively correlated with the parasympathetic HRV indices. Our results suggest that HRV could be a valid tool for predicting performance and improving interpretation of psychometric tests.
AB - © 2017: Servicio de Publicaciones de la Universidad de Murcia. Murcia (Spain). Correct interpretation of performance markers from a psychophysiological perspective is important in young developing athletes. This study had two objectives. The first was to analyze the relationship between heart rate variability (HRV) and the psychological variables sleep quality, self-esteem, and mood states in young swimmers from a professional swimming club. The second was to study the relationship between performance and HRV and psychological determinants. The sample was composed of nine swimmers (11.7±1.4 years) base on purposive sampling method. Data were collected once a week during training sessions for 3 weeks. The statistical analysis showed that anxiety was negatively correlated with the high frequency component of HRV (Ln HF) and positively correlated with the very low frequency component (Ln LVF). No significant correlations were observed for self-esteem or sleep quality. Performance in a 200-m freestyle event was negatively correlated with the parasympathetic HRV indices. Our results suggest that HRV could be a valid tool for predicting performance and improving interpretation of psychometric tests.
KW - Mood states
KW - Performance
KW - Self-esteem
KW - Sleep quality
U2 - 10.6018/analesps.33.3.270991
DO - 10.6018/analesps.33.3.270991
M3 - Article
VL - 33
SP - 436
EP - 441
JO - Anales de Psicologia
JF - Anales de Psicologia
SN - 0212-9728
IS - 3
ER -