MECHANISMS FOR DEVELOPING PSYCHOLOGICAL RESONANCE IN ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE
Keywords:
psychological resonance, sport psychology, emotional synchrony, collective efficacy, shared mental model, psychophysiological synchrony, team trust, shared flow.Abstract
This article clarifies the concept of psychological resonance in athletic performance and systematizes the multilevel mechanisms through which it may be developed. Psychological resonance is defined as a dynamic functional state in which the emotional states, motivational orientations, situation-related cognitions, psychophysiological activation, and movement rhythms of athletes, coaches, and teammates become functionally aligned with competitive task demands. Theoretical-integrative analysis was used to compare research on collective efficacy, emotional contagion and interpersonal emotion regulation, shared mental models, psychophysiological synchrony, movement coordination, psychological safety, trust, and shared flow. Published quantitative evidence included a pooled effect for shared-mental-model interventions (g = .61, 95% CI [.41, .82]), indirect effects of perceived emotional synchrony and shared flow on collective efficacy (κ² = .21 and .15, respectively), and within-match associations between team confidence and subsequent perceived performance (β = .20–.36). Seven interconnected mechanisms were identified: emotional induction and regulation, motivational-value alignment, cognitive-tactical alignment, psychophysiological synchrony, sensorimotor coordination, social identification and trust, and performance-based feedback. A six-stage protocol integrating diagnosis, shared purpose, role clarity, rhythmic and synchronized exercises, pressure scenarios, brief team reflection, and monitoring is proposed. The model offers a testable framework for jointly examining stable performance, collective efficacy, shared flow, and athlete well-being without treating synchrony itself as an unconditional marker of effectiveness.
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