Team sports communication skills training model for hearing-impaired teenagers

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PhD, Associate Professor E.G. Babich
Moscow State University of Psychology & Education (MSUPE), Moscow

Objective of the study was to test benefits of a team sports communication skills training model for the hearing-impaired 13-14-year-olds.
Methods and structure of the study. We sampled for the study the hearing-impaired 13-14 years-old (n= 7) trainees of a school rugby team and their healthy peers (n= 15) for the Experimental and Control Group, respectively. The sample was subject to the following psychological and pedagogical methods: teamwork efficiency analyses; T. Leary interpersonal relationship test; V.F. Ryakhovsky sociability probe; and the V.V. Sinyavsky and B.A. Fedorishin personality communication skills and management abilities test.
Results and conclusion. The Experimental Group was subject to the team sports communication skills corrective training model to facilitate adaptation, socialization and competitive progress of the hearing-impaired teenagers. The pre- versus post-experimental Experimental Group versus Control Group tests found progress of the Experimental Group in the Real Me self-identification aspects; plus improvements (reductions) on the aggressiveness, selfishness, suspicion, subordination and dependence rating test scales; and growth on the friendliness and altruism test scales. Special improvements were found in the post-experimental sociability tests that ranked the Experimental Group at average and above- average levels.

Keywords: sports psychology, communication, hearing-impaired teenagers.

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