TY - JOUR
T1 - Kawa model on mental health, sports and physical performance
T2 - A mini review
AU - Foo, Kai Shian
AU - Kueh, Yee Cheng
AU - Leong, Kuan Juen
AU - Teoh, Jou Yin
AU - Mok, Hua Ann
AU - Kim, Youngho
AU - Kuan, Garry
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 The Authors
PY - 2023/12
Y1 - 2023/12
N2 - Successful sports performance is characterized by psychological, physical, technical, and tactical factors. Of these factors, the psychological factor is typically ignored despite contributing more than 50% toward success in sporting performance. This review aimed to introduce the Kawa model as a new methodology to promote sports and physical performance through developing mental health ability. The Kawa model is developed by occupational therapists and used to promote mental health ability in individuals by enabling self-awareness of their difficulties and exploring possible solutions. It consists of the following five elements: water, river banks, rocks, driftwood, and space. This research would further explore the usage of the Kawa model in addressing various psychological issues and how these improvements can enhance sports and physical performance. The literature search was performed by using Google Scholar, PubMed, Web of Science and Scopus as a database with specific keywords. In conclusion, this research provides an overview of the potential for the use of the Kawa model in promoting mental health ability included self-awareness, self-understanding, goal-setting, self-efficacy, stress and anxiety control for sports and physical performance and lays the foundation for future research in this area.
AB - Successful sports performance is characterized by psychological, physical, technical, and tactical factors. Of these factors, the psychological factor is typically ignored despite contributing more than 50% toward success in sporting performance. This review aimed to introduce the Kawa model as a new methodology to promote sports and physical performance through developing mental health ability. The Kawa model is developed by occupational therapists and used to promote mental health ability in individuals by enabling self-awareness of their difficulties and exploring possible solutions. It consists of the following five elements: water, river banks, rocks, driftwood, and space. This research would further explore the usage of the Kawa model in addressing various psychological issues and how these improvements can enhance sports and physical performance. The literature search was performed by using Google Scholar, PubMed, Web of Science and Scopus as a database with specific keywords. In conclusion, this research provides an overview of the potential for the use of the Kawa model in promoting mental health ability included self-awareness, self-understanding, goal-setting, self-efficacy, stress and anxiety control for sports and physical performance and lays the foundation for future research in this area.
KW - Anxiety
KW - Goal-setting
KW - Kawa model
KW - Self-efficacy
KW - Sports and physical performance
KW - Stress
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85169578995&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.ajsep.2023.08.002
DO - 10.1016/j.ajsep.2023.08.002
M3 - Short survey
AN - SCOPUS:85169578995
SN - 2667-2391
VL - 3
SP - 171
EP - 176
JO - Asian Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology
JF - Asian Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology
IS - 3
ER -