- Title
- Longitudinal analysis of stressors, stress, coping and coping effectiveness in elite esports athletes
- Creator
- Poulus, Dylan; Coulter, Tristan; Trotter, Michael; Polman, Remco
- Date
- 2022
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/191482
- Identifier
- vital:17850
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2021.102093
- Identifier
- ISSN:1469-0292 (ISSN)
- Abstract
- Objective: The current study aimed to longitudinally examine the stressors, stress appraisal, coping, and coping effectiveness experienced by elite esports athletes. Design: Six elite male League of Legends (LoL) athletes, competing in the Oceanic Challenger Series (OCS), completed diaries over the 2020 competitive season (87 days). Method: Athletes completed weekly diaries after three events: solo training, team training, and competitive matches. Each diary collected data on the stressors experienced, stressor intensity and threat/challenge perception (appraisal), coping strategies used, and perceived coping effectiveness. Results: General performance, outcome, critical moment performance, and teammate mistakes accounted for 55% of the stressors reported. More stressors were reported in competitive diaries than in training diaries. Competitive stressors were rated as being more intense than training stressors. There were no differences in overall challenge and threat perception, but performance stressors were more likely to be perceived as a challenge, and teammate stressors were more likely to be perceived as a threat. Problem-focused coping (PFC) was the most frequently employed coping strategy. PFC and emotion-focused coping (EFC) strategies were perceived as more effective at reducing stress than avoidance coping (AC). Conclusions: Elite LoL athletes experienced a small number of reoccurring stressors over an 87-day competitive period. Athletes reported more stressors around competitive matches and perceived competitive stressors as more intense than team and solo training stressors. Similarly to traditional sports athletes, PFC strategies were the most frequently employed and, PFC and EFC were rated as being more effective than AC. © 2021 Elsevier Ltd
- Publisher
- Elsevier Ltd
- Relation
- Psychology of Sport and Exercise Vol. 60, no. (2022), p.
- Rights
- All metadata describing materials held in, or linked to, the repository is freely available under a CC0 licence
- Rights
- Copyright © 2021 Elsevier Ltd
- Subject
- 5201 Applied and developmental psychology; Cognitive-motivational-relational; Competitive gaming; Electronic sport; Performance psychology; Sports psychology
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