Publication: Competitive psychological disposition and perception of performance in young female soccer players
Authors
Olmedilla Zafra, Aurelio ; Ruíz Barquín, Roberto ; Ponseti, Francisco Javier ; García Mas, Alexandre ; Robles Palazón, Francisco Javier
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Frontiers Media
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https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01168
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© 2019 Los autores. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
This document is the Published version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in Frontiers in Psychology. To access the final edited and published work see https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01168
Abstract
The athletes’ psychological disposition is a factor that is increasingly considered by
researchers as a key to sports performance, even as a mediator between the physical,
technical and tactical abilities of the athlete and their competitive performance, thus
acquiring great relevance in training and in sports performance. The purpose of this
study is to analyze the psychological characteristics of young soccer players and
their relation to their performance perception, made both by the player herself and
by their coaches. The sample is composed of 108 women (M age = 15.53, SD
age = 1.05), with ages between 13 and 17 years (13 years, n = 1, 14 years, n = 18,
15 years, n = 36, 16 years, n = 29, 17 years, n = 24), and with a sport practice
experience of 7.27 years on average (SD = 2.64). For to address this aim, we used the
Psychological Characteristics related to the Sport Performance Questionnaire (CPRD)
and the Psychological Skills Inventory for Sports (PSIS). In addition, regarding the
evaluation of performance perception, an ad hoc short questionnaire was created,
composed by one question addressed to the player and one directed to the coach.
The results indicate that the group of players of the under-16 category obtained higher
scores in all the psychological dimensions than the U-18 players, showing significant
differences in Team Cohesion (p < 0.048). Regarding the degree of congruence
between the player’s psychological features, and the player’s and coach’s performance
perceptions, the results show statistically significant and negative correlations between
the Team Cohesion factor and the athlete’s own outcome perception for the match #1
(rxy = 0.479; p < 0.001), and match #2 (rxy = 0.402; p < 0.01). The results of
this study may contribute to establish the differences between different constellations
of psychological characteristics according to the categories of competition and their
relationship with the perception of performance. This knowledge can be used by sports
professionals: coaches, psychologists, physical educators, etc., in order to help athletes
to reach their maximum performance.
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2019, Vol. 10 : 1168
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