Resiliency and stress experience among judo and taekwondo athletes
Journal Title: Journal of Combat Sports and Martial Arts - Year 2013, Vol 4, Issue 2
Abstract
[b]Introduction. [/b]Resiliency is a resource of a unit that most often appears as a consequence of experiencing serious difficulties and threats, in which the unit displays signs of positive adaptation. The aim of this paper is to describe the results of the research concerning the relationship between resiliency and stress situation appraisal, anxiety responses and the undertaken coping styles among athletes doing combat sports. What was additionally studied was the influence of the past injuries on resiliency. [b]Material and methods.[/b] The research was conducted on 40 active contestants doing judo and taekwondo – equally 20 men and women from the age categories of juniors, youth, seniors. The applied methods were the Resiliency Assesment Scale (SPP-25); the Stress Appraisal Questionnaire A/B; the Reactions to Competition Questionnaire (a Polish adaptation of the SAS); the Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations (CISS); the Sport Stress Coping Strategies Questionnaire (SR3S, self-created). [b]Results.[/b] Significant relationships between resiliency and the cognitive appraisal of a situation, the way of reacting and coping with stress have been obtained. The resilient athletes less frequently appraise a situation in negative terms, experience a less intense sport anxiety and more frequently apply task-oriented coping styles. The contestants who had suffered from an injury that hampered or temporarily excluded them from taking active participation in sport displayed a higher level of resiliency. [b]Conclusions. [/b]Athletes characterised by a high resiliency under difficult circumstances (e.g. physical injuries) are able to look at the world from a different perspective and apply different ways of solving their problems. The resilient people have a more positive appraisal of stressful situations and choose more effective, more situation suited coping styles which makes them more resistant to stress.
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Kamila Litwic-Kaminska
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