Self-confidence, commitment and goal-setting in Czech athletes at different performance levels

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.5507/ag.2018.018" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.5507/ag.2018.018</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.5507/ag.2018.018" target="_blank" >10.5507/ag.2018.018</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Self-confidence, commitment and goal-setting in Czech athletes at different performance levels

Original language description

Background: Numerous studies rank self-confidence, commitment and goal-setting among the foundation mental skills in athletes, conditioning the development of elite performance and also contributing to achieving first rate results during competition. Their quality is, therefore, essential for top performance. Objective: The goal of this study is a comparison of self-confidence, commitment and goal-setting in Czech athletes performing at different performance levels. The secondary aim is to compare the values gathered in Canadian and Czech populations. Methods: The Czech version of the OMSAT-3(star) questionnaire was distributed to 241 athletes at regional (n=63), national (n=115) and international levels (n=63). Only the part of the questionnaire focusing on the selected mental skills (3 out of 12 scales) was used. Subsequently, the data were compared with the Canadian population (N=335) used for standardization of the original questionnaire. Results: The values among Czech athletes manifest that the differences in mean values is statistically significant in all mental skills (goal-setting p=.03, self-confidence p&lt;.01, commitment p=.03). Differences among groups dependent on the current level of performance are significantly higher in goal-setting (p=.05, d=0.46) self-confidence (p&lt;.01, d=0.63), and commitment (p&lt;.01, d=0.55) of athletes at international level compared to regional level and in self-confidence (p&lt;.01, d=0.46) and commitment (p&lt;.01, d=0.49) of athletes at national level compared to regional level. There is no significant difference among national and international athletes. Canadian respondents show statistically significant higher mean values than Czech athletes in all selected mental skills. Conclusions: The level of self-confidence, goal-setting, and commitment in Czech athletes differs according to performance level. Czech athletes show lower values in all mental skills considered compared to the Canadian sample.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30306 - Sport and fitness sciences

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2018

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

ACTA GYMNICA

ISSN

2336-4912

e-ISSN

2336-4920

Volume of the periodical

48

Issue of the periodical within the volume

3

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

8

Pages from-to

130-137

UT code for WoS article

000447312900006

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85059651633