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EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE IN SHAPING JUNIOR ATHLETES’ PRODUCTIVE COPING STRATEGIES
(2026) Popovych, I.; Karpenko, Y.; Matusiak, H.; Dobrovolska, N.; Scolota, E.; Kalenchuk, V.; Hoian, I.; Попович, І. С.
Background and purpose The aim is to study the role and function of junior athletes’ emotional intelligence in shaping productive strategies, including self-control, accepting responsibility, problem-solving planning, positive reappraisal, and social support. Material and methods The sample (n = 120) consisted of randomly selected junior male (n = 55; 45.83%) and female (n = 65; 54.17%) athletes with different qualifications, who were educated and trained at the academies of professional clubs and sports schools for children and youth, belonged to the country’s Olympic Reserve, had experience in participating in All-Ukrainian and international sports competitions, and were prize-winners in European and World championships. The respondents’ ages ranged from 15 to 19 years (М = 16.45; SD = ±2.97). Results The profile of emotional self-regulation was designed to control changes in these parameters. Based on the grouping variables of emotional intelligence, differences were found in two productive coping strategies: “self-control” – for the grouping variable “managing emotions” (t = -2.183; p = 0.031; d = -0.401) and “accepting responsibility” – for the grouping variable “self-motivation” (t = 2.382; p = 0.019; d = 0.436). It was substantiated that the parameters of emotional intelligence, “managing emotions” and “self-motivation”, are the most sensitive to shaping productive coping strategies. It was emphasised that the three factors resulting from dimensionality reduction, “self-motivational regulation”, “positive construction”, and “conscious control”, relevantly reflected the psychological content features of emotional self-regulation. Conclusions It was substantiated that research into junior athletes’ emotional intelligence in shaping productive coping strategies is a confirmatory empirical study, which allowed for establishing correlations, identifying significant advantages in productive coping strategies of self-control, accepting responsibility, problem-solving planning, positive reappraisal, and social support based on the grouping variables of emotional intelligence. It was summarised that the established scientific facts complement the theoretical knowledge of the formation of emotional self-regulation, the development of the emotional and volitional sphere, and the construction of worldviews in junior sports representatives.
SELF-ATTITUDES IN THE STRUCTURE OF MOTIVATIONAL ORIENTATION OF JUNIOR ATHLETES
(2024) Popovych, I. S.; Savchuk, O.; Matusiak, H.; Kruglov, K.; Kryzhanovskyi, O.; Danko, D.; Huzar, V.; Попович, І. С.
The purpose of this study is to perform theoretical and empirical research on the role of self-attitude in shaping and developing the motivational orientation of junior athletes. Methods: The research sample consisted of junior male and female athletes aged 15–19 years (n = 82) (M = 17.22; SD = ±1.68; Me = 17). All participants trained at the sports schools “LSSCY Enerhetyk” in Lviv, Ukraine and “SSSYOR №1” in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine. They represented individual sports such as freestyle wrestling, judo, Greco–Roman wrestling, track and field, and artistic gymnastics, as well as team sports including football and volleyball. To assess self-attitude, the “Methods of Studying Self-Attitude” (Panteleev, 1993) were used. The dimensions of motivational orientation were evaluated using the “Athlete’s Motivational Orientation” questionnaire (Smoldovskaya, 2022), and the relevant motives for juniors’ sporting activities were identified through the “Motivation of Sports Activities” questionnaire (Fomenko & Lukova, 2021). Results. Twenty-five correlations, including nineteen direct correlations and six inverse correlations, were established. It was established that the most loaded parameters of juniors’ self-attitudes are “self-acceptance” (SAc) with six correlations and “result-focused motivational orientation” (RsM) with seven correlations. Significant superiority of a high level of self-acceptance (Group 1) was determined by all the parameters of juniors’ motivational orientation. It was emphasized that superiority by such parameters of self-attitude as “self-management” (U = 1656.50; р = .031) and “self-acceptance” (U = 1448.00; р <.001) testifies to the significance of self-management and self-acceptance for junior athletes. It was underscored that continuous negative emotions, even in juniors with high personal achievements, are capable of destroying sports success, which is indicated by the only significant superiority of Group 4 (low levels of RsM) by the parameter “self-blame” (U = 1502.00; р <.001). Discussion and conclusions. It was substantiated that the research into the phenomenon of self-attitude in the structure of motivational orientation is the study of reflective characteristics of junior athletes’ self-awareness aimed at achieving optimal sports results in training, competitive, and recovery activities. The development of reflective abilities, the improvement of self-regulation readiness and the formation of self-attitude have a direct correlation with motivational orientation, which can have a positive effect on performance in sporting activities. It was recommended that the obtained scientific results should be implemented in the educational and training process of sports schools for children and youth.
VOLITIONAL SELF-CONTROL IN DYSREGULATION STRATEGIES OF JUNIOR ATHLETES.
(2025) Popovych, I.; Matusiak, H.; Soliev, I.; Hrytsuk, O.; Burdina, T.; Tkachenko, N.; Los, O.; Ilchuk, S.; Попович, І. С.
The aim is to perform theoretical and empirical research on the manifestations, psychological correlations, and differences in volitional self-control related to dysregulation strategies in junior athletes. Methods: The study involved a random sample of junior athletes from Ukrainian sports schools of the Olympic reserve for children and youth, including students with experience playing on U-17 and U-19 junior teams of professional sports clubs. A total of 130 respondents aged 15–19 participated, with 67 female athletes (51.54%) and 63 male athletes (48.46%). The descriptive statistics for age were М = 17.12 and SD = ±3.28. Results. It was substantiated that the descriptive frequency characteristics of non-productive coping strategies and the dimensions of junior athletes' emotional dysregulation allowed for creating a general profile of respondents' dysregulation strategies. It was explained that the profile allows for identifying respondents' capacity for volitional self-control. The smaller the area outlined by a dysregulation contour, the higher the level of productive coping, and the lower the probability of destabilization in juniors' sports activities. Correspondingly, a large area testifies to junior athletes' poor ability to control learning and training, competitive, and rehabilitative activities. A comparison by the grouping variables “general volitional self-control”, “perseverance”, and “self-mastery” was performed. Significant differences were identified in all the parameters of the grouping variable “general volitional selfcontrol”. The only superiority was recorded in “distancing coping” by two grouping variables, “perseverance” and “self-mastery”. It was explained that junior athletes with a low level of perseverance and self-mastery are prone to “distancing coping”, which negatively affects learning and training, competitive, and rehabilitative activities. The results of the correlation matrix show that a lack or a low level of self-mastery in juniors is a cause of all failures in sports activities. Dimensionality reduction allowed for recording two factors, “volitional dysregulation” and “controlled emotional dysregulation”. Discussion and conclusions. It was substantiated that research into volitional self-control in dysregulated behaviors is a confirmatory strategy aimed at finding the levels, establishing correlations, and identifying differences and dominant junior athletes' dysregulated states at the stage of their professional and personal development. It was summarized that the established scientific facts possess scientific novelty in developing junior athletes' emotional and volitional sphere. It was recommended that the identified patterns and new knowledge be implemented in the learning and training process at sports schools of the Olympic reserve for children and youth.