Voluntary self-regulation of as factor of competitive success of taekwondokas

Objective of the study was to rate and analyze volitional self-control correlation with the competitive performance in the 11-12 year old taekwondo groups. Methods and structure of the study. Sampled for the study were teenage taekwondokas (n=50) from Sports School No. 2 in Elabuga Municipal District, Republic of Tatarstan, split up into the actively competing Experimental Group (EG, n=25) including winners and runner-ups of the national and Republican competitions; and Reference Group (RG, n=25) of their non-competing although actively trained peers. The study was run using the following common research methods: theoretical analysis of the problem; and empirical test and survey methods including the T. Ehlers Motivation to Success Test; A.V. Zverkova and E.V. Aidman Volitional Self-Control Test method; C.D. Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (with the state and trait anxiety tests in the Russian version adapted by Y.L. Khanin); plus a standard statistical test data processing toolkit. Results and conclusions. The study data and analyses found the key volitional qualities including perseverance and overall self-controls being highly developed in the 11-12 year-old taekwondo sample, with insignificant (by the Student t-criterion) intergroup differences found between the actively competing and non-competing athletes; although the latter were tested with a insignificantly higher self-restraint qualities. Success motivations were tested higher in the actively competing group, although it was found more exposed to state anxiety - including the one triggered by the psychological test procedure. Active competitive schedule, as we found, appears to step up the competing group`s success motivations albeit suppress the self-restraint capacity (r=0.46). It should be emphasized that adolescents are highly sensitive to emotional impacts due to the age-specific hormonal transformations, and this may be the reason why the individual volitional self-control qualities are still of little contribution to their competitive progresses. Their success motivations were found dominated by external factors of influence including the trainer`s appreciation, support from families, peer recognition etc., rather than the background volitional self-control qualities as such.
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Aiheet: taekwondo suorituskyky tekijä motivaatio urheilupsykologia psykologinen sääntely persoonallisuus
Aihealueet: kamppailu-urheilu
Julkaisussa: Theory and Practice of Physical Culture
Julkaistu: 2020
Painos: Originaltitel der russischen Ausgabe:
Numero: 6
Sivuja: 32-34 (Printversion)
Julkaisutyypit: artikkeli
Kieli: englanti (kieli)
Taso: kehittynyt