Relationship Between Self-concept and Psychological Skills Among Sports Children
- Author Dr. Nethravathi R
- Co-Author Dr. Sreenivas M
- DOI 10.17605/O
- Country : India
- Subject : Psychology
Keywords : Sports children, Self-concept, Psychological skills
Abstract
During the early elementary school years, the children life will be with parents, peers and playmates, schools’ mates and others. In this expanded environment children know, and they know about their capabilities and begin to form a stable self-concept and feelings of self-worth. Self-concept consists of what we believe about ourselves. So, when children enter the world of sports at a time in their development when they are seeking information about their abilities. Most of the people are believe that 50-90% of performances are depending on mental skills. Mental skills are especially important when facing an opponent with similar physical abilities. Psychological factors can explain why sports participants performance can vary from day to day, without changes in physical condition (Weinberg & Gould, 2011). A study shows that sports participation enhances the self-concept. Vincent (1976) found that athletes had higher self-concept compared to non-athletes. Keeping above points in views the aim of the study is to know the relationship between self-concept and psychological skills among sports children. A sample of 60 children who have been participating in competitive sports were selected using convenient sampling technique. Dr. S.P. Ahulwalia (1969) children self-concept scale and Mahoney et al., psychological skill inventory for sports (PSIS-R-5) was used to measure the self-concept and psychological skills of the sports children along with detailed information schedule. The obtained results were discussed in this paper.
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