Publication: Female soccer players’ psychological profile:
differences between professional and
amateur players
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Ruiz Esteban, Cecilia ; Olmedilla Zafra, Aurelio ; Méndez, Inmaculada ; Tobal, Juan Jesús
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https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17124357
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info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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© 2020 by the authors. 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 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. To access the final edited and published work see https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17124357
Abstract
The psychological variables that a ect competitive performance are called the psychological
profile of athletes. In recent years, the interest in female soccer players and the psychological
characteristics that a ect their performance has increased. The aim of the present study is to
analyze the psychological characteristics of female professional soccer players and female amateur
soccer players, as well as to determine the di erences in the psychological profile of both groups.
The participants were 134 federated female soccer players, with an average age of 18.28 years
(SD = 4.05). To assess the psychological profile, the questionnaire on Psychological Characteristics
related to Sports Performance (CPRD) by Gimeno, Buceta, and Pérez-Llantada (2001) was used.
The results showed that female professional players presented higher values for motivation, while the
female amateur players presented higher values for stress control and the influence of performance
evaluation. These results can have a great impact on coaches’ work, since they can help them to
establish tasks and training methods consistent with the characteristics of their players.
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International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2020, Vol. 17, N. 12 : 4357
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