Features of the relationship between the pre-start state and stress resistance in athletes of different qualifications

Abstract

Features of the relationship between pre-start state and stress resistance in athletes of different qualifications Purpose: investigate the peculiarities of the relationship between the pre-start state and stress resistance in athletes of different qualifications engaged in fire and applied sports. Materials and methods: The study involved athletes engaged in fire and applied sports, with different qualifications, the number of 65 people. Appropriate psychodiagnostic techniques were used. The calculation of data was carried out by means of t- Student criterion, Spearman correlation coefficient r s . Results: The pre-competitive state of sportsmen with high qualification has a direct correlation with such parameters of stress resistance and overcoming behavior as: "Neuropsychic stability" (p ≤ 0.05 by Spearman's r s criterion), "Reaction to circumstances that a person cannot influence" (p ≤ 0.05), "Constructive ways of overcoming stress" (p ≤ 0.05), "Assertive actions" (p ≤ 0.01), "Entering into social contact" (p ≤ 0.05, p ≤ 0.01), "Search for social support" (p ≤ 0.05). An inverse correlation was also found with: "Propensity to complicate everything" (p ≤ 0.05), "Propensity to psychosomatic diseases" (p ≤ 0.05). The pre-competitive psychological state of sportsmen with low qualification has a direct correlation with such parameters of stress resistance and coping behavior as: "Reaction to circumstances that a person can not influence" (p ≤ 0.05), "Entering into social contact" (p ≤ 0.05), "The tendency to complicate everything" (p ≤ 0.05), "Propensity to psychosomatic diseases" (p ≤ 0.05), "Destructive ways of coping with stress" (p ≤ 0.05), "Cautious actions" (p ≤ 0.05), "Avoidance" (p ≤ 0.05), "Indirect actions" (p ≤ 0.05). An inverse correlation was also found with: "Neuropsychological stability" (p ≤ 0.05). Conclusions: The study of the peculiarities of the relationship between the pre-start state and stress resistance in sportsmen of different qualifications engaged in fire and applied sports showed that there is a correlation between the phenomena under analysis. The pre- competitive state of highly qualified athletes positively correlates with neuropsychic stability, stress resistance, and productive coping. The pre-starting state of athletes with low qualification correlates with the tendency to complicate everything, psychosomatic symptoms, destructive ways of coping with stress, aggressive behavior and the desire to avoid frustrating situations.