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posted by Fnord666 on Saturday June 13 2020, @09:21PM   Printer-friendly
from the elite-dangerous dept.

Elite gamers share mental toughness with top athletes, study finds:

A new study, published in Frontiers in Psychology, indicated an overlap between the mental toughness and stress-coping processes in traditional sports and competitive esports athletes.

  • Competitive esports athletes appear to cope with stressors similarly to high-performing sports athletes
  • esports players with higher ranks tended to have higher levels of mental toughness
  • sports psychology interventions for high-performing sports athletes may also be beneficial to competitive esports athletes.

QUT esports researcher Dylan Poulus said 316 esports players aged 18 and over were studied from among the top 40 per cent of players.

"A disposition considered to be influential in sporting success is mental toughness and it appears to be important for success in esports," Mr Poulus said.

"To be a millionaire esports gamer you deal with stress similar as if you are getting ready to go to the Olympics.

"It is one of the fastest growing sports in the world, and with the coronavirus pandemic there has been huge interest."

Journal Reference:
Poulus, Dylan, Coulter, Tristan J., Trotter, Michael G., et al. Stress and Coping in Esports and the Influence of Mental Toughness, Frontiers in Psychology (DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00628)


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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by MostCynical on Saturday June 13 2020, @10:51PM (4 children)

    by MostCynical (2589) on Saturday June 13 2020, @10:51PM (#1007586) Journal

    so they are mentally 'tough'

    "Mentally tough", but can't reach their own toes..

    Any comparisons of heart disease, heart attacks, obesity, diet related health issues, premature death, between the groups?

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  • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 13 2020, @11:02PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 13 2020, @11:02PM (#1007589)

    "Mentally tough", but can't reach their own toes..

    Any comparisons of heart disease, heart attacks, obesity, diet related health issues, premature death, between the groups?

    Yikes. People are healthy at every size. Educate yourself and do better.

    • (Score: 2) by MostCynical on Sunday June 14 2020, @03:17AM

      by MostCynical (2589) on Sunday June 14 2020, @03:17AM (#1007646) Journal

      that was a list, with each comma representing an "or", not an "and"

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 14 2020, @07:26AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 14 2020, @07:26AM (#1007694)

      Nice troll. 10/10

  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by takyon on Sunday June 14 2020, @12:44AM

    by takyon (881) <reversethis-{gro ... s} {ta} {noykat}> on Sunday June 14 2020, @12:44AM (#1007616) Journal

    Supposedly, fit gamers do better than fat ones. And studies would seem to support that:

    Leg Exercise is Critical to Brain and Nervous System Health [soylentnews.org]

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