Does personality matter when we are approaching the subjective perception of overtraining among adolescents?

ŠÍP, Radek and Iva BUREŠOVÁ. Does personality matter when we are approaching the subjective perception of overtraining among adolescents? Studia Sportiva. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2020, vol. 14, No 1, p. 58-66. ISSN 1802-7679. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.5817/StS2020-1-7.

Basic information

• Original name: Does personality matter when we are approaching the subjective perception of overtraining among adolescents?
• Authors: ŠÍP, Radek (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution) and Iva BUREŠOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution).
• Edition: Studia Sportiva, Brno, Masarykova univerzita, 2020, 1802-7679.

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Article in a journal
• Field of Study: 50101 Psychology
• Country of publisher: Czech Republic
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• WWW: URL
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14210/20:00116662
• Organization unit: Faculty of Arts
• Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.5817/StS2020-1-7
• Keywords in English: adolescence; personality; perfectionism; overtraining; sport
• Tags: rivok
• Tags: International impact, Reviewed

Abstract

This article deals with the issue of overtraining among elite adolescent athletes. The aim of our study was to examine the relationship between certain personality traits, as perfectionism, extraversion, neuroticism and other Big 5 traits and subjective perception of training load (which is one of the best indicator of overtraining syndrome). We also focused on the relationship between a perceived training difficulty and perceived training load too find out, if there is some kind of integral relationship. To collect data we used a questionnaire, which were given to adolescent elite athletes playing team sports in a mid-season period. The results show significant relationship between perceived training load and overall perfectionism (r=0.189, p<0.001), extraversion (r=-0.241, p<0.001), neuroticism (r=0.343, p<0.001) and consciousness (r=-0.287, p<0.001). After the closer examination we found an interesting relation between single dimension of perfectionism and perceived training load, suggesting the contribution of maladaptive perfectionism on development of overtraining syndrome. Besides that, we differentiated athletes into two groups, according to the level of perceived training difficulty. Those, who perceived training as difficult to exhausting (M=2,19, SD=0.50) were significantly higher than low to medium group (M=1.99, SD=0.47) in the perceived training load t(178)=-0.894, p=0.007. Those results extend our knowledge of overtraining topic and can be used in coaching practice to help identify athletes with higher risk of overtraining, or even prevent these states among young athletes before they occur. Hereby results suggest the importance of psychological aspects in sport preparation.

Links

• MUNI/A/1270/2019, interní kód MU: Name: Psychologické aspekty přípravy vrcholových sportovců (Acronym: PAPEA)

Investor: Masaryk University, Category A