Rooyesh-e- Ravanshenasi Journal(RRJ)

The purpose of this study was to compare selected Mindful skills in Iranian athletes.  The athlete's sample included 112 athletes with 23.6 average. The FFMQ has been shown to have strong psychometric characteristics, including adequate to excellent internal consistencies for all five facets (Cronbach's alpha ranging from 0.72 to 0.92) as well as good construct validity (2). Cronbach's alpha for the current sample was also good ranging from 0.71 for Non-reactivity to 0.85 for the Observe facet; alpha for the 39 items of FFMQ was 0.76, whereas it slightly increased to 0.77 after adding the 40 the item of breath-awareness. The T-test revealed a significant difference between elite and Nonelite athletes in 4 factors (.80 Percent), (Observe, Describe, Act with Awareness, Non-judging of inner experience), and it is not a significant difference in Non-reactivity to emotional knowledge and mindful state. However, Elite was better than Non-Elite in all categories of aware. According to the results of this study, it is recommended that Successfully athletes.