Coping Strategies of Different Levels in Aikido Practitioners

REGULI, Zdenko, Michal VÍT, Jitka ČIHOUNKOVÁ and René NOVOTNÝ. Coping Strategies of Different Levels in Aikido Practitioners. In 3rd World Scientific Congress of Combat Sports and Martial Arts. 2014. ISBN 978-83-7996-052-1.

Basic information

• Original name: Coping Strategies of Different Levels in Aikido Practitioners
• Authors: REGULI, Zdenko (703 Slovakia, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Michal VÍT (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Jitka ČIHOUNKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and René NOVOTNÝ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution).
• Edition: 3rd World Scientific Congress of Combat Sports and Martial Arts, 2014.

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Conference abstract
• Field of Study: Sport and leisure time activities
• Country of publisher: Poland
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14510/14:00079584
• Organization unit: Faculty of Sports Studies
• ISBN: 978-83-7996-052-1
• Keywords in English: stress situation; challenge; experience; martial arts
• Tags: International impact, Reviewed

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to assess the flow state of aikido practitioners. Seventy-six Czech male and female aikido practitioners (age 32.5±9.2 years (mean±SD), range 18-56 years) participated in this study. The subjects were divided according to a ranking system into three groups: Beginners (up to third kyu, ref. as (1)), Intermediate (second and first kyu, ref. as (2)) and Advanced (dan holders, ref. as (3)). COPE Scale by Carver, Scheier, and Weintraub [1989] was used. It contains sixty questions at the scale 1-4 divided to 16 dimensions according to coping strategies. Czech version of the diagnostic instrument was translated using the Ten steps translation protocol. For basic interpretation descriptive statistics was used, then ANOVA and Scheffes post hoc test was used to show where significant differences at the level of p=0.5 can be found. There is no significant difference between aikido levels In the most of dimensions. Significant difference (at p=0.5) were find only in using of emotional social support in the way, that advanced practitioners do not use it as much as beginners, and in focus on and venting emotions as advanced and intermediate aikidokas do not show their emotions.