AUTHOR=Sebri Valeria , Savioni Lucrezia , Triberti Stefano , Durosini Ilaria , Mazzocco Ketti , Pravettoni Gabriella TITLE=Do You Transfer Your Skills? From Sports to Health Management in Cancer Patients JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology VOLUME=11 YEAR=2020 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00546 DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00546 ISSN=1664-1078 ABSTRACT=

Skill transfer is a process where personal cognitive and behavioral abilities are applied to contexts that are different from the one in which they were originally learned. Literature demonstrates that skill transferability is possible: for example, people can apply skills learned in sports to other life-domains (such as school, work, or health management) with the aim to improve individual characteristics and reach personal goals. To do this, several factors, such as positive communication, adequate context, a person-centered perspective, and specific strategies, are necessary. On the basis of this, the aim of this contribution is explore the relationship between sports and health management skills to enhance the coach/athlete as well as the patient/physician relationships. Useful strategies for skill transfer from sports to cancer management are shown.