An Exploration into Socio-Cultural Meridians of Chinese Athletes’ Psychological Training

2011 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 325-338 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gangyan Si ◽  
Yanping Duan ◽  
Hin Yue Li ◽  
Xiaobo Jiang
Keyword(s):  
Chinese Culture ◽  
Elite Athletes ◽  
Cultural Inheritance ◽  
Traditional Beliefs ◽  
Psychological Training ◽  
Sociocultural Characteristics ◽  
Sociocultural Contexts ◽  
Elite Sports ◽  
Nation System

This article, via discussing various psychological manifestations among Chinese elite athletes, illustrates sociocultural “meridians” in Chinese elite sports including (a) “Whole-Nation system,” (b) Chinese culture, and (c) their interaction. We propose that the sociocultural characteristics be integrated in athletes’ psychological training and further discuss the aspects of (a) cultural inheritance and (b) traditional beliefs, including “harmony with differences,” “doing the best and following the fate,” “Ah Q spirit,” “all are Buddha,” and the balance between Confucianism and Taoism. We suggest that the ultimate goal of sport psychologists is to facilitate the athlete’s overall development, with such a maturing process only achieved by integrating the above factors into athletes’ sociocultural contexts.

scholarly journals Psychological prevention of injuries of the musculoskeletal system in elite athletes

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 51-56
Author(s):  
E. I. Razumets
Keyword(s):  
Musculoskeletal System ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Elite Athletes ◽  
Sports Injury ◽  
Traumatic Experience ◽  
Traumatic Experiences ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
Return To Sports ◽  
Traumatic Episode ◽  
Elite Sports

The article presents a study of traumatic experiences by high-class athletes (members of the Russian national teams). Data on the subjective sensations of athletes who have suffered from injury of the musculoskeletal system are obtained, patterns in the perception of the consequences of an injury event are revealed. Also we present data on the attitude of athletes to injury in the aspect of professional activity. The analyzed information is an important component in the development of personalized programs for the prevention of reinjury in elite sports.Objective: to assess the psychoemotional experiences of sports trauma by elite athletes in the process of rehabilitation treatment after the musculoskeletal system injury.Materials and methods: a specially developed medical and psychological interview was conducted with athletes-members of the sports national Russian Federation teams, who are inpatient treatment in the sports traumatology department, in order to obtain primary subjective information from the athlete about his presentation of his own experiences of a traumatic episode. Further, the information obtained from the interviews was analyzed and grouped for further evaluation.Results: we state the significant influence exerted by the previous traumatic experience on the future life and professional activity of an athlete. Moreover, the influence can be both negative (fear, anxiety, kinesiophobia, uncertainty in sports-specific movements) and positive (acquired skills of coping with traumatic experiences, gaining new knowledge about one’s physical and psychological capabilities).Conclusions: thus, despite the diversity of individual reactions of athletes to injury, different life situations, sports and traumatic events, it is possible to identify general patterns in the perception of elite athletes of the injury itself, as well as the entire process of recovery and return to sports. This information is very important both for minimizing the negative impact of a sports injury on the psychological recovery of an athlete by switching his attention to identifying the “positive” consequences of the injury, and for the prevention of repeated injuries in elite sports.

Retiring from Elite Sports in Greece and Spain

2013 ◽  
Vol 16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fani Dimoula ◽  
Miquel Torregrosa ◽  
Maria Psychountaki ◽  
Maria Dolores Gonzalez Fernandez
Keyword(s):  
Elite Athletes ◽  
Athletic Identity ◽  
Retirement Planning ◽  
Transitional Period ◽  
Competitive Sports ◽  
European Perspective ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Athletic Retirement ◽  
Transitional Processes ◽  
Elite Sports

AbstractThe main objective of the present study was to compare the athletic retirement of elite Greek and Spanish athletes in terms of (a) pre-conditions of retirement, (b) transitional period, and (c) consequences of the transition. For this purpose, elite athletes from Greece (n = 76) and Spain (n = 57) described in retrospect their experience leaving competitive sports through the Retirement from Sports Survey (Alfermann, Stambulova, & Zemaityte, 2004). Separate one-way ANOVAs and chi-square tests revealed differences and similarities between the transitional processes of athletes from the two countries. More similarities than differences were detected in the retirement of Greek and Spanish athletes. Based on these commonalities, we proposed a Southern European perspective on the topic. According to the present results the main characteristics of this pattern could be the lack of retirement planning, high athletic identity after the sports career, and predominance of relocation in the sports world after retirement.

scholarly journals Reproduction and opportunity: A study of dual career, aspirations and elite sports in Danish SportsClasses

2018 ◽  
Vol 55 (1) ◽  
pp. 38-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lotte Stausgaard Skrubbeltrang ◽  
David Karen ◽  
Jens Christian Nielsen ◽  
Jesper Stilling Olesen
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Public Schools ◽  
Elite Athletes ◽  
Career Aspirations ◽  
Young Athletes ◽  
Sports Clubs ◽  
The World ◽  
Elite Sports

In this article we analyze the patterns of retention in SportsClasses of promising young athletes in Denmark. Since 2005, SportsClasses have provided extra training for potential elite athletes in Grades 7–9 in designated Danish public schools. They were introduced after the Danish Ministry of Culture lowered the age of recruitment for athletes from 15 to 12 in response to increased competition in the world of elite sports. The SportsClasses attempt to balance collaboration between two different organizations: Danish public schools; and sports clubs. Using a survey of the student population in 2013 and a follow-up sample in 2015, we explored the respondents’ social backgrounds and experiences in order to understand their likelihood of retention during the program and their career aspirations. Focusing on socioeconomic status (SES), the role of having parents in elite sports, gender, and type of sport, we studied what key experiences and relationships lead students to abandon or sustain their interest in careers related to sports and how this differed for boys and girls. By applying Bourdieu’s concepts of habitus and types of capital, we concluded that the program produced elements of both reproduction and opportunity but that the patterns strongly favored the retention of boys compared to girls. Our findings also suggest that the overlap between school and sport may have lead students from higher SES background to focus on education rather than sports.

An assessment on puritan and hedonist work ethics of elite student athletes

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 721-731
Author(s):  
Suzan Dal ◽  
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Student Athletes ◽  
Female Athletes ◽  
Elite Athletes ◽  
Study Group ◽  
Data Collection Tool ◽  
Work Ethics ◽  
Elite Sports

The study aims to determine and evaluate elite student athletes' attitudes toward puritan and hedonist work ethics. The study group consisted of 729 athletes at university and high school levels (female n = 276, male n = 453). "From Puritanism to Hedonism: New Ethics of Working Questionnaire (PH-NEWQ)” was used as the study's data collection tool. According to the study findings, elite student athletes generally adopted puritan work ethics rather than hedonistic tendencies. In this sense, national athletes and team athletes had puritan work ethics. However, female athletes and individual athletes had a hedonistic mindset. Thus, it is recommended to plan the educational lives of elite athletes by considering the puritan values in elite sports.

scholarly journals In Praise of God: Sport as Worship in the Practice and Self-Understanding of Elite Athletes

Religions ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (12) ◽  
pp. 677
Author(s):  
Robert Ellis ◽  
J. Stuart Weir
Keyword(s):  
Elite Athletes ◽  
Good Reason ◽  
Religious Faith ◽  
The Self ◽  
Sacred Places ◽  
Christian Worship ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Elite Sports ◽  
Sporting Performance

The relationships between sport and religion have been examined from a number of perspectives, and parallels between sporting activity and worship are often observed, positively or negatively. Elite sports participants often perform religious gestures and many speak of their sporting performance in terms of their religious faith, including the assertion that it constitutes an act of worship. The authors begin by considering the nature of Christian worship, examining worship as a phenomenon, key biblical and theological ideas, the relationship of worship to sacred places and times, and the relation of worship to everyday life. The self-understanding of elite athletes of faith is then considered, as articulated in interviews collected over several years with one of the authors and in other published statements. This data is then mapped back on to the previously considered ideas of worship. The article suggests that, while the correspondence may not be complete or exact, there is good reason to take seriously the claims of elite athletes of faith that their sporting performance should be regarded as an act of worship.

scholarly journals Analysis of Agricultural and Rural Work in Changyi City.

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yong Wei
Keyword(s):  
Quality Improvement ◽  
Future Development ◽  
Chinese Culture ◽  
Living Environment ◽  
Cultural Inheritance ◽  
Social Harmony ◽  
Important Work ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Basic Industry ◽  
Rural Work

Agriculture is the basic industry of economic and social development, and agricultural and rural work is an important work related to the safety of food rations, increasing farmers' income, improving living environment, inheriting Chinese culture and promoting social harmony and stability. Focusing on the agricultural and rural work in Changyi City, this paper systematically introduces the experience of agricultural and rural work in Changyi from four aspects: industrial "quality improvement", environmental "optimization", cultural "inheritance" and governance "standardization". And the future development of agricultural and rural work is prospected.

Analysis of Symbolic Meanings between Chinese and English Food Proverbs from the Perspective of Cultural Linguistics

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 415 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jianjun Wang ◽  
Jing Jia
Keyword(s):  
Chinese Culture ◽  
Western Culture ◽  
Food Culture ◽  
Human Language ◽  
Cultural Inheritance ◽  
Symbolic Meanings ◽  
Cultural Details ◽  
Cultural Connotations ◽  
Chinese And English ◽  
Cultural Linguistics

Each nation has its own characteristic food culture, and cultural inheritance requires language as its carrier. Therefore, proverbs, as part of the treasure of human language, definitely contain profound cultural details. On account of people’s different perceptions of food, some relevant proverbs present different cultural connotations. This paper is to analyze symbolic meanings between Chinese food proverbs and English food proverbs from the perspective of cultural linguistics, and to explore the differences and similarities between Chinese culture and Western culture.

scholarly journals Let's Talk About Mental Health and Mental Disorders in Elite Sports: A Narrative Review of Theoretical Perspectives

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carolina Lundqvist ◽  
Gerhard Andersson
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Sport Psychology ◽  
Elite Athletes ◽  
Theoretical Perspective ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Theoretical Perspectives ◽  
Target Construct ◽  
Health Disorders ◽  
Psychology Literature ◽  
Elite Sports

The objective of this article is to discuss: (a) the various theoretical perspectives on mental health and mental health disorders adopted in sport psychology, and (b) how the adoption of these various theoretical perspectives in studies might impact upon the interpretations and conclusions in research about the mental health of participants in elite sports. Well-being as a target construct, holistic models, the single continuum or stage models, and Keyes' dual-continuum model of mental health are described, together with a sports psychiatric view of mental health. The strengths and limitations of various mental health perspectives are discussed. We conclude that mental health is a complex construct and that the sport psychology literature, much like the clinical psychology literature, has struggled to reach a consensus regarding a definition or a feasible approach to investigating mental health. For the researcher, it becomes important to make explicit the underlying theoretical perspective adopted and the operationalization upon which conclusions about elite athletes' mental health are based so that an increased knowledge base with high scientific credibility can be established and consolidated over time.

scholarly journals Elite Athletes’ Assessment of Mental State for Competition in Individual and Team Sports / Procena mentalnog stanja za takmičenje vrhunskih sportista u individualnom i kolektivnom sportu

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marijana Mladenović
Keyword(s):  
Mental State ◽  
Elite Athletes ◽  
Team Sports ◽  
Mental States ◽  
Team Sport ◽  
Descriptive Statistics ◽  
Competition State ◽  
State Research ◽  
Mental Perception ◽  
Elite Sports

Pre-competition mental state is an important component of a sports outcome. In terms of the type of sport, the results of pre-competition state research differ depending on the methodology used. The aim of this paper was to determine mental states for elite sports competitions in one individual (shooting) and one team sport (handball). The research involved 41 elite athletes of both genders (11 males and 30 females) aged 16 to 34, who were members of the senior national shooting (N1=24) and senior national handball (N2=17) teams of Serbia. The applied instruments included the CSAI-2 and the CA test. Data processing involved descriptive statistics and variance analysis. The results indicate significant differences between athletes in individual and team sport, in favour of team sport athletes. Elite shooters show more cognitive anxiety, they are more prone to mental perception of pain, fear, and reliance on habits and automatism in competitions. Elite handball players showed significantly higher values on scales of desirable mental state for training and competition.

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