ABSTRACT
Effect of the Self-control Behavior and Psychological Skills of Hockey Players on Self-confidence in Sports
Kim, Jong-Yi
Advisor : Prof. Ahn, Yong-Duk, Ph. D.
Department of Physical Education,
Graduate School of Chosun University
This stud...
ABSTRACT
Effect of the Self-control Behavior and Psychological Skills of Hockey Players on Self-confidence in Sports
Kim, Jong-Yi
Advisor : Prof. Ahn, Yong-Duk, Ph. D.
Department of Physical Education,
Graduate School of Chosun University
This study, taking hockey players as the object, has the purpose to look into their individual self-control behavior, psychological skills affecting the athletic performance, and the factors of self-confidence in sports which is an important factor in playing with composure during the match, and based upon it, to suggest the need of self-control to many hockey players and other sports players, and also to suggest the basic data for the improvement of psychological skills and self-confidence in sports. The target is selected among the players in universities and companies who are registered in Korea Hockey Association. Total player number is 253, whose male players are 150 and female players are 103, and among them, university players are 142, and company players are 111. The result of the questionnaire survey is as follows.
1. In the comparison of self-control behavior in accordance with the socialogical characteristic of population, on the sex base, male players responded high in the factors of mental power, unique behavior, training, public relation, but female players responded high in the factors of living, and body management, and on the age base, more than 25 years old > 20 to 24 years old > less than 20 years appeared high in sequence. In the comparison of self-control behavior in accordance with the experience of the national team member, the experienced members responded higher than the unexperienced members. In the comparison of self-control behavior in accordance with the belonging, the company players responded higher than the university players, and in accordance with the period (career) as a player, players less than 6 years responded high in the factors of unique behavior and public relation and players more than 10 years responded high in the factors of mental power, living, training, and body management, and in the comparison of self-control behavior in accordance with the playing hour, players less than 2 to 3 hours responded high in all lower factors of self-control behavior.
2. In the comparison of psychological skills in accordance with the socialogical characteristic of population, on the sex base, male players responded high in the factors of self-confidence, goal setting, team harmony, psychology, and will power, but female players responded high in the factors of concentration and anxiety adjustment, and on the age base, players less than 20 years responded high in the factors of concentration and anxiety adjustment, but players more than 25 years old responded high in the factors of self-confidence, goal setting, team harmony, psychology, and will power, and in the comparison of psychological skills in accordance with the experience of the national team member, the experienced members responded higher than the unexperienced members in all lower factors. In the comparison of psychological skills in accordance with the belonging, the university players responded high in the factors of concentration and anxiety adjustment, but the company players responded high in the factors of self-confidence, goal setting, team harmony, psychology, and will power. In the comparison of psychological skills in accordance with the period (career) as a player, players less than 6 years responded high in the factors of concentration and psychology, but players more than 10 years responded high in the factors of self-confidence, goal setting, team harmony, will power, and anxiety adjustment, and in the comparison of psychological skills in accordance with the playing hour, players less than 2 to 3 hours responded high in all lower factors.
3. In the comparison of self-confidence in sports in accordance with the socialogical characteristic of population, on the sex base, male players responded high in the social support factor, but female players did high in the factors of coach leadership, physical and mental preparation, and ability proof, and on the age base, players less than 20 to 24 years old responded high in the coach leadership factor, but players more than 25 years old responded high in the factors of social support, physical and mental preparation, and ability proof, and in the comparison of self-confidence in sports in accordance with the experience of the national team member, the experienced members responded higher than the unexperienced members in all lower factors. In the comparison of self-confidence in sports in accordance with the belonging, the company players responded high in all lower factors. In the comparison of self-confidence in sports in accordance with the period (career) as a player, players less than 6 years responded high in the coach leadership factor, and players 6 to 10 years responded high in the social support factor, and players more than 10 years responded high in the factors of physical and mental preparation, and ability proof, and in the comparison of self-confidence in sports in accordance with the playing hour, players less than 2 to 3 hours responded high in all lower factors.
4. It appeared that the living and training factors of self-control behavior had no relation with the concentration factor of psychological skills and it appeared that the factors of living, public relation, and body management in self-control had meaningful co-relation with the anxiety adjustment of psychological skills, and it appeared that the concentration factor of psychological skills had no meaningful co-relation with coach leadership, physical and mental preparation, and ability proof, but it appeared that the concentration factor of psychological skills had meaningful and affirmative co-relation with the factors of self-control behavior, psychological skills, and self-confidence in sports.
5. It appeared that the mental factor, training factor, public relation factor, and body management factor which are lower factors of self-control behavior had the meaningful and affirmative effect on self-confidence in sports statistically, and It appeared that the self-confidence factor. concentration factor, goal setting factor, team harmony factor, psychology factor, and anxiety adjustment factor which are lower factors of psychological skills had the affirmative effect on self-confidence in sports statistically.
6. As the result of analyzing the cause and effect relation self-control behavior, psychological skills, and self-confidence in sports, it appeared that the self-control behavior will have affirmative positive influence on the psychological skills, and the psychological skills will have affirmative positive influence on the self-confidence in sports, and the self-control behavior will have affirmative positive influence on the self-confidence in sports.
Putting the above results together, it appeared that the self-control behavior, psychological skills, and self-confidence in sports of hockey players were high in case that players have much career, have the national team experience, and belong to companies. In the relation with exercise hours, in the case of players having 2 to 3 hour exercise time it showed that self-control behavior and psychological skills were improved. Besides, it appeared that the self-control behavior had affirmative influence on the psychological skills and self-confidence in sports and psychological skills also had affirmative influence on the self-confidence in sports, so when hockey leaders teach players, it is necessary to organize the efficient exercise program to improve the self-confidence in sports and to train them in the respect of their opinion, and to increase counsel of their worry and the site of communication. In addition, if hockey leaders prepare for the situation that players dedicate themselves to the play for their goal for themselves by suggesting the affirmative direction of their future and reminding them of the importance of goal setting, it is thought that players will gain more improved result in the play.