Povezanost kognitivnih stilova s prednatjecateljskom anksioznosti i samopouzdanjem kod odbojkaša i odbojkašica

master's thesis

• Title (english): The relationship of cognitive styles with precompetitive anxiety and self-confidence among male and female volleyball players
• Author: Lucija Paić
• Mentor: Zrinka Greblo Jurakić (mentor)
• Committee member: Renata Franc (predsjednik povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Vanja Kopilaš (član povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Zrinka Greblo Jurakić (član povjerenstva)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Croatian Studies; (Department of Psychology); Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2020-09-22, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: SOCIAL SCIENCES; Psychology

Abstract

Cilj provedenog istraživanja bio je ispitati odnos kognitivnih stilova s prednatjecateljskom
anksioznosti i samopouzdanjem sportaša i sportašica. U istraživanju je sudjelovalo 220
sudionika (Nž=117, Nm=103) starijih od 18 godina (M = 24,55, sd = 6,595) koji se bave
odbojkom profesionalno ili rekreativno. Sudionici su ispunili Skalu Optimizma - pesimizma
(OP skali) (Penezić, 2002) te Upitniku stanja kompetitivne anksioznosti –2 (Martens, Vealey i
Burton, 1990). Uz navedeno prikupljeni su i demografski podaci sudionika te podaci o
obilježjima sportskih aktivnosti Rezultati su pokazali kako se odbojkašice i odbojkaši ne
razlikuju značajno u kognitivnim stilovima, prednatjecateljskoj anksioznosti i samopouzdanju.
Kod mladića i kod djevojaka utvrđena je značajna pozitivna povezanost optimizma sa
samopouzdanjem, kao i značajna negativna povezanost optimizma s oba aspekta
prednatjecateljske anksioznosti (somatskim i kognitivnim). Nadalje, kod oba spola utvrđena je
značajna negativna povezanost pesimizma i samopouzdanja te značajna pozitivna povezanost
pesimizma sa somatskom i kognitivnom anksioznosti. U skladu s očekivanjima, pokazalo se
kako je na temelju kognitivnih stilova (optimizma i pesimizma) moguće objasniti značajan
postotak varijance somatske i kognitivne anksioznosti te samopouzdanja sportaša i sportašica
koji/e se bave odbojkom.
S obzirom na relativno mali broj istraživanja na ovu temu, dobiveni rezultati mogu poslužiti
kao smjer budućim istraživanjima u smislu produbljivanja znanja o kompleksnim izučavanim
konstruktima. Također, dobiveni nalazi mogu se koristiti u radu sportskih psihologa u smislu
podizanja razine samopouzdanja te reguliranja prednatjecateljske anksioznosti u svrhu
postizanja bolje izvedbe.

Abstract (english)

The aim of the research was to examine the relationship of cognitive styles with precompetition
anxiety and self-confidence of male and female athletes. A total of 220 persons (Nf= 117, Nm=
103) older than 18 who play volleyball professionally or for recreation, participated in the
research. The participants completed the Optimism – Pessimism scale (O-P scale) (Penezić,
2002) and the Competitive State Anxiety Inventory – 2 (Martens, Vealey and Burton, 1990).
The participants’ demographic data as well as data about their sports activities’ characteristics.
The results have indicated that male and female volleyball players do not differ significantly in
cognitive styles, precompetition anxiety neither in self-confidence. A significant positive
correlation was found between optimism and self-confidence in both male and female
volleyball players, as well as significant negative correlation between optimism and both
aspects of precompetitive anxiety (somatic and cognitive). Furthermore, for both genders a
significant negative association was revealed between pessimism and self-confidence along
with significant positive association of pessimism with somatic and cognitive anxiety.
According to expectations, it has been shown that a significant percentage of the variance in
somatic and cognitive anxiety as well as self-confidence of volleyball athletes can be explained
on the basis of cognitive styles (optimism and pessimism).
Regarding to relatively small number of researches done on this topic, the obtained results can
be used as a guideline for future research in order to broaden knowledge about complex
examined constructs. Furthermore, the obtained findings can be used in sport psychologists
work in sense of rising the self-confidence level as well as regulating precompetition anxiety
in order to improve the performance.

• Keywords: kognitivni stilovi; optimizam; pesimizam; prednatjecateljska anksioznost; samopouzdanje; odbojka
• Keywords (english): cognitive styles; optimism; pessimism; precompetition anxiety; self-confidence; volleyball
• Language: croatian
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:111:915630
• Study programme: Title: Department of Psychology; Study programme type: university; Study level: graduate; Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra psihologije (magistar/magistra psihologije)
• Type of resource: Text
• File origin: Born digital
• Access conditions: Open access
• Repository: Repository of University of Zagreb, Centre for Croatian Studies
• Created on: 2020-10-24 10:08:23