Personality Characteristics Of Athletes Research Articles

COMPETITIVE STRESS AND INDIVIDUAL PSYCHOLOGICAL FEATURES OF SPORTSMEN

The problem of stress is currently one of the most relevant in sports psychology. Therefore, the value of the athlete is largely determined by his tolerance to stress. The purpose of the work is to identify specific ways of overcoming stress by athletes in competitive sports activities. The individual psychological characteristics of athletes depend on the specific content of a particular sport, on the specifics of competitive activities that exist in any sport. In order to overcome stress in sports practice, psychological support is used for the athlete, i.e., the activity of a psychologist aimed at improving or updating mental properties, processes and conditions to increase the effectiveness of the training process, prepare for competitions and performances in them. The psychological support of athletes to overcome stress consists of measures of psychodiagnostics, psychoprophylaxis and psychoregulation. Thus, the use of various means, methods and techniques of psychological preparation, based on the individual psychosomatic and personality characteristics of athletes, the specifics of their competitive activity and the prevailing stress factors of internal and external nature, contributes to the formation of the necessary personality traits responsible for successfully overcoming stress in sports competitive activity.

The relationship of competitive stress and individual psychological characteristics in athletes

The problem of stress is currently one of the most relevant in sports psychology. Therefore, the "value" of the athlete is largely determined by his tolerance to stress. The purpose of the work is to identify specific ways of overcoming stress by athletes in competitive sports activities. The individual psychological characteristics of athletes depend on the specific content of a particular sport, on the specifics of competitive activities that exist in any sport. In order to overcome stress in sports practice, psychological support is used for the athlete, i.e., the activity of a psychologist aimed at improving or updating mental properties, processes and conditions to increase the effectiveness of the training process, prepare for competitions and performances in them. The psychological support of athletes to overcome stress consists of measures of psychodiagnostics, psychoprophylaxis and psychoregulation. Thus, the use of various means, methods and techniques of psychological preparation, based on the individual psychosomatic and personality characteristics of athletes, the specifics of their competitive activity and the prevailing stress factors of internal and external nature, contributes to the formation of the necessary personality traits responsible for successfully overcoming stress in sports competitive activity.

Comparison of Personality Characteristics of Athletes in Team and Individual Sport

Comparison of Personality Characteristics of Athletes in Team and Individual Sport

Investigation of personality characteristics of hearing impaired athletes participating in 2nd European youth hearing impaired athletics championships

The aim of this research is to assess the personality characteristics of national hearing impaired athletes and to evaluate the relationship between gender and branches with the personality characteristics. For this purpose, this research has been designed on screening model. The research was performed with Athletes Participating in 2nd European Youth Hearing Impaired Athletics Championships, held on 21-23 August 2014 inTrabzon. The research group consisted of 67 athletes including 26 fromTurkey, 2 fromBelgium, 3 fromEstonia, 8 fromGermany, 4 fromLithuania, 1 from theNetherlands, 12 fromPoland, 9 fromRussiaand 2 fromSpain. 34.3% (n = 23) of athletes were female, 65.7% (n = 44) consisted of male athletics. PERI (Personality Inventory) personality scale consisting of 25 items was used for measuring personality traits of national hearing impaired athletes in the research. PERI; is composed of 5 subgroups including openness to experience, sense of responsibility, extraversion, compatibleness and emotional stability. The scale was applied with face to face technical to athletes by two experts who know the language of the hearing impaired. In the analysis of the research data, frequency and percentage distribution, t-test, Kruskal-Wallis test and Mann-Whitney U tests were performed. In the result of the research; There were no significant differences between sport branches and gender and personality characteristics of the athletes. (p>0.05). National hearing impaired athletes had in ''not effective or low'' level the personality trait of emotional stability and they defined as the individuals not feeling optimistic enough, easy-tempered and having a high level of anxiety. But they had in ''effective or high'' level the personality traits of sense of responsibility and they defined as disciplined individuals who do not give up in the face of difficulties themselves, pay attention to details, are planned in everything they do.

Level of anxiety as one of the criteria of efficiency of emotional stability in sport dancing

Purpose: improve the efficiency of performance of competitive sports dance in pairs due to the formation and improvement of indicators of emotional stability. The objectives of the study was to examine the personality characteristics of athletes in the dance couple, affecting their emotional stability. Also determine the conditions for the formation of emotional stability dancing. Material : the study involved 32 dancers aged 12-14 years old. Spielberger questionnaire was used. Results : it was found that the level of trait anxiety was 40.2 points. Athletes also met with high and low trait anxiety. The average level of situational anxiety at rest the dancers stood at 38.8 points. Before the tournament, this index increased significantly (54.5 points). Conclusions : for dancers with a high level of anxiety should generate a sense of confidence and success in their abilities. For dancers with low levels of anxiety requires waking activity, arousal of interest, a sense of responsibility in the task of training activity.

Assessment of Demographic and Personality Characteristics of Elite Dancers in Turkey

Assessment of Demographic and Personality Characteristics of Elite Dancers in Turkey In this study, a descriptive method was used in order to assess the demographic and personality characteristics of athletes in dancing sports. Data collected with ACL scale were evaluated with a computer programme and subscale scores were obtained. Five subscale categories which have the highest mean scores among all, were decided as typical characteristics of the athletes. The distributions of subscale scores according to demographic variables were analyzed by Mann-Whitney U test, and Pearson correlation test. In all analysis, results were tested two-sided and level of significance was accepted as 0.05. Preponderance over others, decisiveness, high self-esteem, masculine behavior were found significantly higher in younger athletes compared to old ones. On the other hand, acceptance of psychological consultation was found to be significantly higher among old athletes.

Adherence to Sports Injury Rehabilitation Programmes

Many studies have shown that low adherence is a common problem in treatment programmes. Adherence to sports injury rehabilitation is dependent on the personality characteristics of athletes operating in conjunction with particular aspects of their rehabilitation settings and the quality of interactions developed between athletes and their therapists. Any attempt to view treatment adherence as a unitary construct is doomed to fail; a complex construct demands a multidimensional outlook. Taking into account the challenges that injured athletes face during their rehabilitation, strategies can be designed to promote adherence. Self-confidence is the key to enhanced rehabilitation adherence, and the strategies are organised within that framework. Competence strategies include education, treatment efficacy, tailoring, and relapse prevention training. Control strategies include dissociation, self-monitoring, decision-balance sheet, and pain deconditioning. Commitment strategies include shaping, contracting, threats, goal-setting, and social support. Because of the dearth of empirical data on the specific issue of adherence to sports injury rehabilitation programmes, it is necessary to extrapolate from various other areas of treatment adherence (e.g. cardiac rehabilitation). Treatment dropout does not seem to be inevitable, but is in fact preventable. The task for the sports medicine professional is to recognise and acknowledge the salient features of their clients and the rehabilitation demands on them and then to utilise various strategies to enhance the likelihood of treatment adherence.