زهرا زلفی

The success of athletes depends not only on their physical, mental and sports skills, but cognitive factors such as decision-making and working memory and the relationship between cognitive and psychological factors can be effective in achieving optimal performance, so this research aims to determine the mediating role of working memory in the relationship between Mood states and decision-making styles in Zanjan athletes were conducted in ۱۴۰۲.

The statistical population included ۸۰۰ active male and female athletes in badminton, taekwondo, karate, tennis, futsal, handball, volleyball and basketball in Zanjan city. Through random sampling, ۲۵۰ male and female athletes were selected as a research sample.

Athletes' working memory was measured through Wechsler's working memory software, the revised Wechsler intelligence scale for adults (WAIS-R) consists of a set of composite intelligence tests (Wechsler, ۱۹۸۱). Then the subjects answered the general decision-making styles questionnaire (Scott and Bruce, ۱۹۹۵). and Broms Mood Questionnaire (Lin etBased on the findings of this research, it can be stated that working memory plays a mediating role in the relationship between decision-making styles and moods in athletes. Positive mood, i.e. happiness, leads to improvement of working memory, and negative mood, such as anger, depression, tension and confusion, causes disruption of working memory. Optimum performance of working memory will lead to the use of rational and intuitive decision-making styles, and less favorable performance of working memory will lead to the use of avoidant and dependent decision-making styles al., ۲۰۰۷).

Keywords: decision-making styles, mood states, working memory, athletes