Gender-specific stress tolerance variations in academic volleyball

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Teoriya i praktika fizicheskoy kultury №4 2017, pp.91-92

Dr.Hab., Professor V.G. Shilko1
PhD, Associate Professor E.S. Potovskaya1
Dr.Med. T.A. Shilko1
O.N. Krupitskaya1
1National Research Tomsk State University, Tomsk

The article presents findings of a sociological survey of the gender-specific variations of stress tolerance in academic volleyball. The respondents of both sexes were requested to score on a 5-point scale stress levels of different problems they have faced for three academic years. The survey data and analysis made it possible to rate the gender-specific variations of stress tolerance versus the physical education and sport activity for a number of stressors hampering the subjects’ social and psychological adaptation to the academic environment.
The survey data and analysis demonstrated the stress tolerance variations being highly gender-specific with opposite trends on the way from the 1st to the 3rd academic year. The finding may be explained by the men’s mental and physiological characteristics being more flexible and adaptable to the academic environments than that of women who are more exposed to the academic stressors.

Keywords: university volleyball players, gender differences, stress tolerance, stress factors.

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