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Item JUNIOR ATHLETES' BEHAVIORAL SELF-REGULATION STYLES WITHIN THE DIMENSIONS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL SAFETY IN THE LEARNING AND TRAINING ENVIRONMENT.(2025) Popovych, I.; Hoi, N.; Hrys, A.; Yurkiv, Y.; Radul, S.; Pavliuk, M.; Hoian, I.; Попович, І. С.This study analyzes the prominence of dominant behavioral self-regulation styles among junior athletes within the context of psychological safety in their learning and training environment. Methods. The randomly selected sample was representative of the general population and consisted only of junior athletes attending Olympic Reserve sports schools for children and youth, totaling 89 participants. These junior athletes, aged 14– 19, were educated and trained full-time at sports institutions in Ukraine. Participants included athletes from team sports (handball and football) as well as individual sports (rhythmic gymnastics, freestyle wrestling, artistic gymnastics, and weightlifting). The research participants were prize-winners and winners of regional, national, and European championships and regularly competed in Ukrainian and international tournaments. The parameters of the main variables (self-regulation styles and psychological safety of the learning and training environments) and the additional variable (internality in sports activities) were determined using valid, representative, and reliable methodologies. Results. Fifteen direct correlations between the studied variables were established. It was empirically proved that the self-regulation style, “modeling”, and the parameter of psychological safety, “comfort”, are the most dependent and loaded parameters. It was substantiated that creating behavioral models in the constructive and safe learning and training space is an effective way for junior athletes’ professional growth. It was found that the three self-regulation styles (planning, modeling, and programing), in combination with pronounced independence and high levels of comfort and social-psychological safety, constitute a latent resource of the optimal learning and training environment. It was established that a high level of comfort in the learning and training environment contributes to developing the self-regulation styles – “programming” and “modeling”. Discussion and conclusions. It was substantiated that the research into junior athletes’ behavioral self-regulation styles in the dimensions of psychological safety of the learning and training environment means determining the levels of self-regulatory readiness for relevant activities under the influence of safety factors combined in the continuum “satisfaction–harmony–comfort”. It was explained that the dominant styles of junior athletes’ self-regulation reflect juniors’ managerial ability to regulate their psycho- emotional states, exerting influence on themselves through self-discipline, self-hypnosis, imaginary images, auto-training technologies, muscle tone management, and breathing techniques. The established psychological correlations and the identified significant differences in the levels of the studied parameters possess scientific novelty. They can be implemented in the learning and training process at sports educational institutions.Item DOMINANT MENTAL STATES IN JUNIORS’ COPING BEHAVIOR(2025) Kurova, A.; Popovych, I.; Shevchenko, N.; Lialiuk, G.; Chernyavska, T.; Kolly-Shamne, A.; Yaremchuk, V.; Shcherbak, T.; Попович, І. С.This study aims to identify the psychological correlations of defensive behavior and develop a factor structure of dominant mental states related to coping behavior in junior athletes. Methods: The sample included junior athletes aged 15–19 (M = 17.23; SD = ±3.43), participating in All-Ukrainian, European, and World championships (n = 119). Two validated psycho-diagnostic tools, previously tested on Ukrainian populations, were used to accurately capture the key research variables. Theoretical methods included retrospective analysis, generalization, comparative analysis, and interpretation. Empirical methods involved targeted observation and testing. Factorial ANOVA was applied to reduce the proportionality among research variables. Standard statistical procedures were also performed. Results: The methodological foundations were based on the concept of the athlete's personality as an open and dynamic system, taking into account psychophysiological and age- related growth patterns. The strongest direct correlation was found between “planning” and “emotional stability” (R = .841; p < .001), while the strongest inverse correlation was between “refusal” and “emotional stability” (R = –.838; p < .001). It was summarized that emotional stability is the most loaded and actualized characteristic in the research conditions. The factor structure of dominant mental states of junior athletes’ coping behavior was created. Eight factors were established (Σd = 86.293%): F1 “Self-blame coping behavior”, F2 “Sensitive coping behavior”, F3 “Dependent coping behavior”, F4 “Conscious coping behavior”, F5 “Tense coping behavior”, F6 “Confident coping behavior”, F7 “Safe coping behavior”, and F8 “Dreamy coping behavior”. It was summarized that diagnosing and interpreting dominant mental states of junior athletes’ coping behavior gave us a deeper insight into junior athletes’ psychology in crisis and extreme situations of life activities. Discussion and conclusions: It was empirically established and theoretically substantiated that dominant mental states of junior athletes’ coping behavior are active strategies of defensive behavior in critical situations of sporting activities. It was underscored that dominant mental states of coping behavior reflect the prevalent type of behavior in combination with the most pronounced personality traits that are actualized in the dimensions of defensive behavior. The research findings should be operationalized in the activities of sports subjects working in junior sports.Item COMPARATIVE RESEARCH ON CREATIVITY IN JUNIORS' MOTIVATION STRUCTURE(2025) Popovych, I. S.; Unhurian, N.; Varnava, U.; Bilosevych, I.; Soroka, O.; Dobrovolska, N.; Hoian, I.; Попович, І. С.The aim of this study was to perform theoretical–empirical research into the psychological parameters of creativity within the motivation structure of junior athletes and to compare the findings by gender and sport. Methods: The research sample consisted of 90 junior athletes (45 males, 45 females), representing both team sports (volleyball, mini-football, football, and handball) and individual sports (Greco–Roman wrestling, artistic gymnastics, weightlifting, chess, and boxing). The sample was evenly split, with 45 athletes from each group. Junior athletes were trained at sports schools for children and youth in Ukraine, represented junior teams of professional clubs, and participated in national and international tournaments, achieving success in Ukrainian, European, and World championships. The following descriptive frequency characteristics were recorded by age: M = 17.39; SD = ±3.48; Мe = 17.50. Valid and reliable tools, tested in sports studies on junior samples, were applied to establish the parameters of creativity and motivation. Results. A statistically significant superiority of junior female athletes (Group 1) was found in two parameters of motivation: intrinsic motivation (U = 776.50; p = .049) and social status (U = 774.00; p = .046). No superiority was identified in the parameters of creativity. No statistically significant difference was found between the sample of juniors engaging in team sports (Group I) and the sample of juniors engaging in individual sports (Group II). The use of Spearman’s correlation coefficient (rs) allowed us to establish that the parameters of creativity are low-loaded with motivational intentions, and, correspondingly, juniors’ motivation is low-dependent on creativity. The comparison of two groups of the levels of creativity parameters (Group A and Group B) allowed us to identify a superiority in the parameters “extrinsic positive motivation” and “general activeness”, indicating the focus of creativity on the content component of competitive activity. There is a caveat that “comfort” is the most dependent parameter that can have a negative impact on the content component of competitive activity. Discussion and conclusions. It was substantiated that the research into the phenomenon and psychological content parameters of creativity in juniors’ motivation structure is a successful attempt to establish psychological correlations and find statistical differences in their motivation. Operationalization of the obtained results is significant in the context of a local competitive situation. It is recommended that the obtained statistical results and algorithms for establishing psychological correlations and finding differences be considered by subjects in sporting activities who work with junior athletes.Item CORRELATION BETWEEN JUNIORS’ MENTAL HEALTH PARAMETERS AND SPORTS MOTIVATION(2024) Kurova, A.; Popovych, I. S.; Zablotskyi, A.; Bazyka, Y.; Poleshchuk, L.; Hoi, N.; Los, O.; Попович, І. С.o explore the relationship between mental health parameters and sports motivation among junior athletes. Methods: The research sample included junior athletes aged 15–19 who trained regularly and pursued sports as a means of professional self-realization. An equal number of male (n = 32; 50.00%) and female athletes (n = 32; 50.00%) were selected. The sample maintained a balance between individual and team sports, with n = 32 (50.00%) participants from individual sports and n = 32 (50.00%) from team sports. Descriptive statistics for the sample were as follows: M = 18.12; SD = ±2.97; Me = 18.00. The parameters of mental health, the level of juniors’ positive mental health and health status, and groups of intrinsic and extrinsic motives were measured with valid and reliable psycho-diagnostic tools. Standard coefficients were used to establish statistical significance. Results. Two athletes’ profiles were created: a three-dimensional profile of mental health and a profile of sports motivation. Eighteen significant correlations between the parameters of groups of intrinsic and extrinsic motives and the mental health of athletes were established (p ≤ .050; p ≤ .010; p ≤ .001), three of them being inverse. The motive of skill development has the strongest correlations with an internal locus of control over health, positive mental health, and health status. The comparative matrix allowed for identifying the superiority of Group 1 (a high level of the parameters of mental health) in four pairs of dimensions: positive mental health and positive emotions; an internal locus of control and skill development; positive mental health and skill development; health status and skill development. No significant difference was found in the level of health status (Group 1 > 38.00 ≤ 1 Group 2) in the parameter “demotivation”. Discussion and conclusions. It was substantiated that systematic work on oneself, which manifests in self-improvement of technical and practical skills, allows purposeful and hard-working junior athletes to achieve remarkable sports results. The motives of learning new things and positive emotions with four direct correlations each are the most dependent ones. There is a caveat that junior athletes’ health status as a complex state of physical, emotional, and mental well-being may weaken sports motivation. It was recommended that the results obtained should be considered by administrators, coaches, psychologists, and managers of sports institutions who work with junior athletesItem STRATEGIES FOR EXTREME SELF-ORGANIZATION AMONG HANDBALL PLAYERS(2024) Plokhikh, V.; Popovych, I. S.; Kruglov, K.; Sabadukha, O.; Melnyk, N.; Omelianiuk, S.; Hoian, I.; Попович, І. С.This study aims to conduct theoretical and empirical research into the strategies of extreme self- organization among handball players in competitive context. Methods: The research sample consisted of 34 athletes, aged 20–28 years (Мe = 22.00; М = 21.87; SD = ± 3.64), who had been actively involved in handball for 4–12 years and represented both women’s and men’s teams. Validated psycho-diagnostic tools, extensively tested in team sports research, were used. Additionally, purposeful non-participant observation was performed using standard protocols. Theoretical methods were employed to analyze, generalize, and explain the empirical results. Results: The research strategy included comparing the parameters of two attack lines, the first line (Group 1) and the second line (Group 2), to assess their extreme self-organization strategies. It was found that experienced handball players rely on perfectly practiced functional models of organization, focusing on permanent significant changes in spatio-temporal relations of a competitive situation. It was established that the dominant strategies are as follows: taking responsibility; self-control; problem-solving planning. It was found that the competitive strategy orientated towards social support is manifested moderately. The moderation is explained by the connection of the players’ game expectations with successful functional self-realization of teammates, rather than with the emotionally colored personal self-realization. It was established that the strategy of confrontation is statistically pronounced in the experienced handball players of the first line of attack. This preference was regarded as a consequence of the functionally determined and normatively provided close physical contact with the players of the team-competitor. It was highlighted that the excessive confrontational attitude of experienced players is compensated by distancing oneself from provoking circumstances. Discussion and conclusions. It was established that the strategies of handball players’ extreme self-organization are motivational-behavioral patterns, caused by stressogenic situations of a contest, the players’ role positions on the sports ground, external and internal factors of sporting activities and organizational-content features of handball competitions. It was substantiated that the strategies of extreme self-organization of the first and second lines of attack have regular different functional-content parameters. It was proved that the obtained results of the research into the strategies of extreme self-organization possess scientific novelty and are valuable for representatives of team sports.