Comparison of the Effectiveness of Mental Imagery and Meaning Therapy on Tolerance of Failure in Athletes of Shiraz City

Intolerance of failure is the cause of many negative outcomes in athletes. Therefore, the purpose of this research was to compare the effectiveness of mental imagery and meaning therapy on the failure tolerance of athletes in Shiraz city. The design of the research was semi-experimental and pre-test, post-test and follow-up with a control group. The statistical population was made up of all the athletes of Shiraz city in November ۲۰۲۳, among whom ۶۶ people were selected as available and randomly replaced in two experimental groups’ ۱ and ۲ (۲۲ people each) and a control group. Mental imagery was used for the first group and meaning therapy was used for the second group, and the control group was placed on the waiting list. Harrington (۲۰۰۵) failure tolerance questionnaire was used to collect data. Multivariate analysis test was used for data analysis. Mental imagery and meaning therapy lead to improvement of athletes' failure. But meaning therapy is more effective than mental imagery on the tolerance of failure. Mental imagery can be used as a method to increase the athletes' tolerance of failure. Although the effectiveness of meaning therapy compared to mental imagery, it has a significant superiority in improving athletes' tolerance of failure.

کلیدواژه ها:

Mental Imagery ، Meaning Therapy ، Tolerance of Failure ، Athletes