Table 1 Gender differences in mental skills, mindfulness state, and interoceptive awareness
Variable | Scales | Women (n = 65) | Men (n = 91) | U | p | RBC | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M | SD | M | SD | |||||
Mental skills | Flow state | 21.00 | 3.50 | 21.73 | 4.03 | 2611.0 | 0.212 | -0.117 |
Attention | 21.77 | 3.24 | 22.32 | 4.34 | 2652.5 | 0.272 | -0.103 | |
Technique | 16.05 | 3.35 | 17.69 | 3.43 | 2131.0 | 0.003 | -0.279 | |
Sensitivity to error | 21.12 | 2.37 | 21.78 | 3.76 | 2653.0 | 0.272 | -0.103 | |
Commitment | 26.02 | 2.79 | 24.48 | 4.21 | 3572.5 | 0.026 | 0.208 | |
Achievement | 20.25 | 3.66 | 20.53 | 4.73 | 2722.5 | 0.398 | -0.079 | |
Total sport success | 126.20 | 12.17 | 128.53 | 19.63 | 2618.0 | 0.223 | -0.115 | |
State mindfulness | Mind mindfulness | 20.31 | 4.59 | 19.85 | 4.69 | 3117.0 | 0.566 | 0.054 |
Body mindfulness | 20.42 | 5.85 | 20.63 | 5.83 | 2841.0 | 0.676 | -0.039 | |
Interoceptive awareness | Noticing | 3.48 | 0.84 | 3.22 | 0.95 | 3484.0 | 0.058 | 0.178 |
Not distracting | 1.86 | 0.69 | 1.92 | 0.70 | 2828.5 | 0.643 | -0.044 | |
Not worrying | 2.20 | 0.98 | 2.69 | 0.72 | 1956.0 | < 0.001 | -0.339 | |
Attention regulation | 3.17 | 0.76 | 3.29 | 0.79 | 2663.5 | 0.290 | -0.099 | |
Emotional awareness | 3.78 | 0.85 | 3.33 | 0.91 | 3838.0 | 0.002 | 0.298 | |
Self regulation | 2.67 | 1.04 | 3.03 | 0.85 | 2457.5 | 0.071 | -0.169 | |
Body listening | 2.96 | 1.04 | 3.08 | 0.95 | 2774.5 | 0.509 | -0.062 | |
Trusting | 3.28 | 1.01 | 3.80 | 0.86 | 2079.5 | 0.001 | -0.297 | |