Naslov
The congruence between athletes' and coach's emotional profile before Olympic competition rowing race

Autori
Barić, Renata

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
Proceedings of 14th European congress of Sport psychology / Schmidt, Oliver ; Seiler, Roland - Bern : Institute of Sport Science, Bern, 2015

ISBN
978-3-033-05129-4

Skup
14th European Congress of Sport Psychology

Mjesto i datum
Bern, Švicarska, 14.07.2015. - 19.07.2015

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Poster

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
emotions, athletes, high-level

Sažetak
Emotional stability is a desirable feature of mental toughness and it is necessary for peak sport performance (Sheard, 2010). During trainings and competitions, athletes experience different emotions that affect their cognitions and behaviour and might facilitate or undermine sport performance. According to the IZOF model, four global emotion categories are derived from the hedonic tone and performance functionality: pleasant and functionally optimal emotions (P+), unpleasant functionally optimal emotions (N+) with both related to successful performance ; pleasant dysfunctional (P-), and unpleasant dysfunctional (N-) emotions, that are related to poor performance (Hanin, 2000, 2003). Athletes and coaches interaction is saturated with emotions, especially before competition. Each coach has to be aware of his/her emotions before competition due to risk of transferring dysfunctional and negative emotions to athletes. The ESP 40 (Hanin, 2005) was administered aiming to investigate emotional profiles of quadruple skull rowers and their coach 15 days before Olympics and before qualification, semi-final and final races. According to descriptive analysis, the results showed stability of team emotional profiles. N+ and P+ dominated in all 7-time points followed by the less prominent N- and P- emotions ; the congruence between team members was high, especially when approaching to main races. The comparison of athletes' and coach's emotional profile showed higher prevalence of P- and lower presence of N+ and N- emotions in coach's profile, that was beneficial for their interaction because the coach was relaxed and confident to team performance. The results indirectly show high emotional control and mental toughness level because there was no emotional variations prior the races and the level of N- emotions was low. That was an aim of psychological preparation process and contributed to winning Olympic silver medal.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Psihologija

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