DOI: https://doi.org/10.53350/pjmhs211551680 ORIGINAL ARTICLE 1680 P J M H S Vol. 15, NO. 5, MAY 2021 The Effect of Psychological Well-being on Athletic Performance of Professional Athletes TAYEBEH BANIASADI 1* , MIR HAMID SALEHIAN 2 1 Phd., Department of Kinesiology, Indiana University Bloomington, USA. 2 Phd., Department of Physical Education, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran * Corresponging author: tbaniasa@iu.edu ABSTRACT The purpose of research was to study the effect of psychological well-being on the athletic performance of professional athletes. The present research was a descriptive of causal-comparative type. The statistical population consisted of professional skill level with an experience of 10 years (n=100) were randomly selected. Data collection tools consisted of three questionnaires: Charbonneau exercise performance questionnaire (2001), Reif's psychological well-being questionnaire (1989). To test the hypotheses, multiple regression analysis was used. The findings showed that sporting performance of professional athletes with predictive psychological well- being is predictable. The effect of psychological well-being on the performance of athletes' professional sport is not significant. Keywords: Psychological well-being, Professional athletes INTRODUCTION One of the basic variables in the field of sports performance is psychological well-being or mental health, which psychological well-being is defined as the development of real talents of each person. 1 In recent years, a group of researchers in the field of mental health important from positive psychology, have chosen a different theoretical and research approach to explain and study this concept. They equated mental health with positive psychological functioning and conceptualized it in terms of the term "psychological well-being." This group does not consider the absence of disease to be sufficient for feeling healthy, but believes that having a sense of life satisfaction, sufficient progress, efficient and effective interaction with the world, positive energy and mood, good connection with society and positive progress are the characteristics of an individual. Is healthy. 2 Mental health is an essential need for people at all times. One of the signs of mental health is the presence of internal empowering attributes or internal sources of power. Having these internal resources enables a person to continue his adaptive growth and maintain his mental health despite negative conditions. 3 Welfare is defined in terms of quality and quantity of components according to which people find their lives enjoyable. In other words, how people value their lives is related to well-being. 4 According to various studies, mental health is affected by various emotional, cognitive and personality aspects. 5 Therefore, research related to health has also been developed with the development of psychological concepts and has added to the dimensions of health psychology. There is ample research evidence that unpleasant life events can affect and disrupt mental health and lead to mental health problems such as depression and anxiety. 6 Salehian and Ghadiri 7 showed that the athletic performance of professional athletes is predictable with psychological well-being. Some research has shown that the use of maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies is associated with mental health problems. 8 In the present study, it is tried to predict the sports performance of professional athletes in terms of psychological well-being. The questions that may arise for the researcher during the study are: What effect does psychological well-being have on the athletic performance of professional athletes? METHOD The present research is descriptive causal-comparative in terms of research method and applied in terms of purpose and survey in terms of data collection method. Statistical Society: The statistical population of this study included professional female athletes in Tabriz in handball, footsall, basketball and volleyball, with an average age of 20 6 2.6 and a history of 10 years (100 people) randomly selected. Sample: Statistical sample of this study Due to the limited population, 100 professional athletes in Tabriz in handball, footsall, basketball and volleyball were selected as a sample. Research tools Charbonneau Sports Performance Questionnaire: This questionnaire was developed in 2001 by Charbonio. The questionnaire has five questions on the Likert scale and is designed to evaluate the performance of athletes and is completed by the relevant coach of each athlete. The scores obtained from the five questions show the final scores of the athlete's performance. This question is designed on a scale of 1 (very poor) to 5 (very excellent) (Charbonneau et al., 2001). The scores obtained from five questions are added together and the final score of the athlete's performance is obtained. This final score of the athlete's performance is in the range of 5 to 25 (minimum to maximum). The average reliability coefficients of this questionnaire were calculated and reported by Charbonio 0.71. Psychological Welfare Questionnaire: This quesionaire was constructed by Raif (1989) and revised in 2002 (Husser et al., 2005). This scale measures the 6 factors of autonomy, mastery of the environment, personal growth, positive communication with others, purpose in life and self- acceptance, while the set of scores of these 6 factors is calculated as the overall score of psychological well-being. Also, the validity and reliability of psychological well-being scales have been reported in several appropriate studies.