Personality resource mobilizing in psychological support service to athletes

ˑ: 

Dr.Sc.Psych., Professor E.A. Petrova1
PhD, Associate Professor L.V. Senkevich1
PhD D.A. Jafar-Zade1
PhD, Associate Professor A.V. Romanova1
1Russian State Social University, Moscow

Objective of the study was to rate benefits of the personality resource mobilizing and activation driven by productive coping strategies and life values and priorities to attain mental comfort in the psychological service to athletes. Sampled for the study were the 17-23 year old (n=100) academic athletes from a few Moscow universities. At the first stage of the study the sample was split up into Group 1 with high reported satisfaction rates, life values, optimism, activity and productive coping strategies; and Group 2 with relatively low satisfaction rates, life values, optimism, activity and coping strategies efficiency rates. At the second stage of the study, Group 2 was given individual and group psychological support service (two meetings per week) for 3 months. At the third and final stage, the both groups were tested again to rate their progress. The pre- versus post-experimental tests showed significant (р<0.05) progress in many personality resource related aspects – both in the coping strategies productivity (alienation, decision-making) and life values and priorities (life goals, process, result, Self locus of control, Life locus of control, and overall satisfaction with life). The group activity and optimism and the total life satisfaction was tested to improve and, therefore, such counseling service model may be recommended to mobilize the personality resource, albeit further studies are needed to analyze the potential personality resource mobilization issues in the context of the modern sport psychology.

Keywords: sport psychology, counseling, personality resource, activity, coping strategies, purpose-in-life orientation, satisfaction, psychological support.

References

  1. Burtsev V.A., Burtseva E.V., Danilova G.R. Psikhologicheskie mekhanizmy razvitiya tsennostnogo otnosheniya studentov k fizkulturno-sportivnoy deyatelnosti v protsesse formirovaniya sportivnoy kultury lichnosti [Psychological mechanisms to develop students' value attitude towards physical culture and sports activities in sports culture building process]. Sovremennye problemy nauki i obrazovaniya. 2015. No. 4. Available at: http://science-education.ru/ru/article/view?id=20532 (date of access: 10.06.2018)
  2. Vodopyanova N.E. Psikhodiagnostika stressa [Stress Psychodiagnostics]. St. Petersburg: Piter publ., 2009. pp. 298-305.
  3. Gafarova N.V. Sotsialno-psikhologicheskiy trening, napravlenny na preodolenie professionalnogo vygoraniya i empiricheskaya proverka ego effektivnosti [Sociopsychological training to cope with professional burnout and empirical testing of its effectiveness].Vestnik Yuzhno-Uralskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta. Ser.: Psikhologiya. 2017v. 6. No.2.
  4. Jafar-Zade D.A. Motivatsionnaya obuslovlennost uspeshnosti lichnosti v sovremennykh sotsialnykh usloviyakh v protsesse polucheniya professionalnogo obrazovaniya [Motivational conditionality of individual success in modern social conditions in vocational education process]. Professionalnaya orientatsiya. 2015. No. 2. pp. 3-10.
  5. Kryukova T.L. Metody izucheniya sovladayushchego povedeniya: tri koping-shkaly [Coping behavior study methods: three coping scales]. 2nd ed., rev., sup.. Kostroma: Nekrasov KSU publ., 2010. 62 p.
  6. Leontyev D.A. Test smyslozhiznennykh orientatsiy [Purpose-in-life test]. 2nd ed.. Moscow: Smyisl, 2000. 18 p.
  7. Maksimov V.E. Kouching ot A do Ya. Vozmozhno vse [Coaching from A to Z. Everything is possible]. St. Petersburg: Rech publ., 2004. 272 p.
  8. Osin E.N., Leontiev D.A. Aprobatsiya russkoyazychnykh versii dvukh shkal ekspress-otsenki sub"ektivnogo blagopoluchiya [Testing of Russian versions of two scales of rapid assessment of subjective well-being]. Proc. III nat. sociological Congress. Moscow: IS RAS, 2008 (ISBN 978-6-89697-157-3) [Electronic resource].
  9. Petrovskiy V.A. K psikhologii aktivnosti lichnosti [Psychology of personality activity]. Voprosy psikhologii.1975. no. 3. pp. 26-38.
  10. Safonov V.K Psikhologicheskoe obespechenie i psikhologicheskoe soprovozhdenie – dva napravleniya prakticheskoy deyatelnosti sportivnogo psikhologa [Psychological support and counseling - two directions of practical activity of sports psychologist]. Proc. XIII intern. Res.-pract. conf.. 2017. pp. 73-78.
  11. Khaykin V.L. Aktivnost (kharakteristiki i razvitie) [Activity (characteristics and development)]. Teaching aid. Moscow: MPsI, 2000. – 448 s
  12. Diener E., Emmons R.A., Larsen R.J., Griffin S. The Satisfaction With Life Scale. J. of Personality Assessment. 1985. Vol. 49. P. 71-75.
  13. Foster D., Maynard I., Butt, J., Hays K. Delivery of psychological skills training to youngsters. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, 2016. Vol. 28, P. 62–77.