The effect of Autogenic Training for reduction of the stress responses on athletes.

• Project/Area Number: 26350762
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Sports science
• Research Institution: Osaka University of Health and Sport Sciences
• Principal Investigator: SUGO TAKAYUKI 大阪体育大学, 体育学部, 准教授 (60360731)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,810,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,110,000); Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
• Keywords: 慢性的ストレス / コルチゾール / コルチゾール起床時反応 / 精神神経内分泌免疫学 / アスリート / リラクセーション / 自律訓練法 / 競技者 / セルフコントロール

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We examined the change of the psychophysiological responses through execute of the Autogenic Training: AT which is a well-known technique for reducing stress responses and self-control for athletes. We applied Cortisol Awakening Response; CAR as the psychophysiological indicator of their chronic stress. In general AT had needed to be learned one or two months, but our data revealed that athletes stress responses tend to have reduce through two weeks execution of AT. It had been suggested that athletes possibly learned AT in less time because their physical sensibilities.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] サッカー選手の判断に伴う中枢情報処理能力の評価 (2016)
  • Author(s): 松竹 貴大, 實宝 希祥, 門岡 晋, 菅生 貴之, 浅井 武
  • Journal Title: スポーツ心理学研究 Volume: 43 Issue: 1 Pages: 1-13
  • DOI: 10.4146/jjspopsy.2015-1504
  • NAID: 130005141480
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Journal Article] Effects of depression on cortisol awakening responses in college athletes (2014)
  • Author(s): Susumu Kadooka, Takahiro Matsutake, Takayuki Sugo, Masanobu Araki
  • Journal Title: International Journal of Psychophysiology Volume: 94 Pages: 2-2
• [Presentation] アスリートの誇りがチームの調和を生成する過程についての検討 －大学生アスリートを対象として－ (2016)
  • Author(s): 近藤みどり, 菅生貴之
  • Organizer: 日本スポーツ心理学会第43回大会
  • Place of Presentation: 北星学園大学
  • Year and Date: 2016-11-05
• [Presentation] アスリートにおける自律訓練法の継続的練習が慢性的ストレスに及ぼす影響 起床時コルチゾール反応(CAR)を指標として (2016)
  • Author(s): 菅生 貴之, 門岡 晋, 熊谷 史佳, 寺澤 佑太
  • Organizer: 日本体育学会第67回大会
  • Place of Presentation: 大阪体育大学
  • Year and Date: 2016-08-24
• [Presentation] 競争場面における状況の認知が課題に対するフロー感覚とパフォーマンス発揮に及ぼす影響 大学生アスリートを対象として (2016)
  • Author(s): 熊谷 史佳, 菅生 貴之
  • Organizer: 日本体育学会第67回大会
  • Place of Presentation: 大阪体育大学
  • Year and Date: 2016-08-24
• [Presentation] 学生アスリートを対象とした自律訓練法重感公式継続練習の効果 ―起床時コルチゾール反応(CAR)による検討― (2015)
  • Author(s): 菅生貴之，熊谷史佳，門岡晋
  • Organizer: 第42回 日本スポーツ心理学会
  • Place of Presentation: 九州共立大学 福岡県
  • Year and Date: 2015-11-22
• [Presentation] Effectiveness of autogenic training, heaviness formula for chronic stress in sthletes assessed by salivary cortisol. (2015)
  • Author(s): Takayuki Sugo, Susumu Kadooka, Fumika Kumagai
  • Organizer: 14th European Congress of Sport Psychology
  • Place of Presentation: The University of Bern's Institute of Sport Science
  • Year and Date: 2015-07-15
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Effects of depression on cortisol awakening responses in college athletes (2014)
  • Author(s): Susumu Kadooka, Takahiro Matsutake, Takayuki Sugo, & Masanobu Araki
  • Organizer: The 17th World Congress of Psychophysiology (IOP2014)
  • Place of Presentation: International Conference Center Hiroshima
  • Year and Date: 2014-09-24
• [Presentation] Central nervous system Information processing ability of football players during decision making (2014)
  • Author(s): Takahiro Matsutake, Kisyou Zippo, Susumu Kadooka, Takayuki Sugo
  • Organizer: Asian-South Pacific Association of Sport Psychology 7th International Congress in Tokyo, Japan
  • Place of Presentation: Nationl Olympics Memorial Youth Center
  • Year and Date: 2014-08-08
• [Book] スポーツメンタルトレーニング教本 三訂版 (2016)
  • Author(s): 日本スポーツ心理学会
  • Total Pages: 288
  • Publisher: 大修館書店