Background and Study Aim. Researchers rarely focus on documenting parental experiences at sport tournaments. Therefore, our purpose was to document parent cardiovascular, metabolic and emotional responses to watching their child compete while also paying attention to their thoughts before and after the competition, levels of stress, anxiety, depression, and coping strategies. Materials and methods. Parents, a mother and a father of same female adolescent, wore a device made by Firstbeat Technologies which continuously monitored their heart rate from Thursday evening to Monday evening. The competition was on Saturday, and it was the taekwondo Croatian National Championships for cadets. Their child had two fights: she won the first one and lost the second one. Parents completed a number of questionnaires and two open-ended questions regarding their expectations and overall experience. Results. Before the contest, dad expected his daughter would fight as best she could while giving her best effort. The mother hoped that her daughter would pass the first fight. Parents had a similar pattern of cardiovascular responses to watching their daughter compete but differed in intensity. Emotional profiles of the mother and father changed several times during the measurement period. Overall, parent's experienced low levels of stress, anxiety and depression and used numerous strategies to cope with the event. Conclusions. Although our research only included one pair of parents it suggests that parents experiences during the sport events are complex and worth investigating in future research on larger samples.

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体育比赛中的父母：他们对比赛的反应、感受和应对方式

背景和研究目的。研究人员很少关注记录父母在体育比赛中的经历。因此，我们的目的是记录父母观看孩子比赛时的心血管、代谢和情绪反应，同时注意他们在比赛前后的想法、压力、焦虑、抑郁和应对策略的水平。材料和方法。父母是同一个女性青少年的母亲和父亲，他们佩戴了由 Firstbeat Technologies 制造的设备，该设备从周四晚上到周一晚上持续监测她们的心率。比赛是在星期六举行的，是学员跆拳道克罗地亚全国锦标赛。他们的孩子打了两场比赛：她赢了第一场，输了第二场。家长们完成了一些问卷和两个关于他们的期望和整体体验的开放式问题。结果。赛前，爸爸希望女儿能拼尽全力，拼尽全力。母亲希望她的女儿能通过第一场比赛。父母对观看女儿比赛的心血管反应模式相似，但强度不同。在测量期间，母亲和父亲的情绪状况发生了数次变化。总体而言，父母的压力、焦虑和抑郁程度较低，并使用了多种策略来应对事件。结论。虽然我们的研究只包括一对父母，但它表明父母在体育赛事中的经历很复杂，值得在未来对更大样本的研究中进行调查。