scholarly journals Development and implementation of a mental development programme for young elite tennis players

2021 ◽  
Vol 29 (84) ◽  
pp. 18-20
Author(s):  
Maxime Rome-Gosselin
Keyword(s):  
Sports Psychology ◽  
Development Programme ◽  
Mental Development ◽  
Practical Work ◽  
Tennis Players ◽  
New Knowledge ◽  
Control Of Thoughts

This study was conducted with two young Canadian elite tennis players. An eight-week practical work was conducted with the aim of acquiring new knowledge in sports psychology, and then applying these notions in several competitive situations. Specifically, we focused on the control of thoughts during the 25-second break between rallies. The players were taught a specific mental routine that they had to perform between each point. In terms of results, there was a very interesting trend after analysing the data collected. When players did not perform their pre-set routine before a rally, they had more than 50% chance of losing the next point by making an unforced error.

scholarly journals Simulation of Virtual Reality and its Impact on Competitive State Anxiety and Level of Performance of Table Tennis Players

2015 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 325
Author(s):  
Mervat Deeb ◽  
Tawfeeq Albakry
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Training Program ◽  
State Anxiety ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Sports Psychology ◽  
Table Tennis ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Tennis Players ◽  
Chi Square Test ◽  
The Impact

This study aimed at exploring the impact of using a training program which employs simulation of virtual reality on competitive state anxiety; and the level of performance of the table tennis players in Jordan and Saudi Arabia. The sample consisted of 10 players (age 13–15 years); with five players purposefully selected from each country. The researchers administered the training program, using the immersive and nonimmersive virtual reality for 6 weeks 5 times a week. Competitive state anxiety inventory "CSAI-2" and a questionnaire for evaluating the performance in the "fore-hand drive" were used. The data were analyzed, using Mann–Whitney U test, Wilcoxon signed ranks test; and Chi square test. The results indicated that the program with simulation of virtual reality had a positive impact on the study parameters as the post measurement was significantly greater than the pre training measurement. In light of the results, the researchers recommended modern technological devices be used in sports psychology. Also, immersive simulation of virtual reality is recommended. 

scholarly journals On the basic needs in health psychology

2021 ◽  
pp. 34-45
Author(s):  
Olga Alekseevna Tsvetkova ◽  
Olesya Vladimirovna Volkova
Keyword(s):  
Health Psychology ◽  
Human Health ◽  
Clinical Psychology ◽  
Personality Development ◽  
Basic Needs ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Mental Development ◽  
Psychological Support ◽  
Practical Work ◽  
Health And Well Being

Health psychology is a branch of clinical psychology, which deals with human health considering physical, mental, social and spiritual aspects, i.e. in the context of biopsychosocial unity. Modern practice indicated that the representation on a disorder does not automatically form an “inner picture of health”. Fulfilling the task of psychological support of a person towards health and well-being required studying the integral phenomenon of health along with the factors that shape the image of a disorder or image of health. The initial aspect of any activity is the needful-motivational personality sphere. Different interpretations of the concept of basic needs of a person entail ambiguity of its use in the the practical work of a psychologist. The goal of this article is to examine the approaches towards outlining the basic needs in the context of health psychology. The author highlights three approaches towards determining the basic needs: as vital or biological needs; as needs underlying the higher needs; and ultimately, as the primary and essential for mental development and personality formation. Such perception allows formulating various approaches towards psychological correction of the consequences of frustration of basic needs. In conclusion, the author present a systematization of approaches towards consideration of the basic needs of a person, structurization of representation on the basic needs as essential and impacting the entire course and process of personality formation, which is particularly evident in the distortions of personality development in terms of frustration of the basic needs.

scholarly journals Personal characteristics in adolescence and adolescence.

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 74-83
Author(s):  
Anna Vitalievna Semyonova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Social Development ◽  
Personal Development ◽  
Group Communication ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
Mental Development ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Practical Work ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Development Processes

This article reveals the problem of personal characteristics in adolescence and youth. The mental development of adolescents and young people, the central neoplasms of adolescence and youth, social development situations and the role and place in the ontogenesis of adolescence and youth were analyses. The results of this article can be used in the practical work of psychologists, in family and age counselling, as part of psychological and pedagogical support of the educational process and for a better understanding of the personal development processes of adolescents and young people. The article is recommended for reading by researchers of psychological and pedagogical specialties, teachers, and psychologists, students of psychological and pedagogical areas of study, parents, as well as teenagers and young men. Adolescence is characterized by the importance of contacts, the intensity of socialization and interest in one's personality. Through reflection, self-awareness develops. Intimate personal and spontaneous group communication becomes more active, and a sense of maturity emerges.

A Model for Analyzing Suicide Prevention

Crisis ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 80-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maila Upanne
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Theoretical Model ◽  
Protective Factors ◽  
Suicide Prevention ◽  
Suicide Risk ◽  
Practical Work ◽  
Individual Risk ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Prevention Project ◽  
Individual Risk Factors

This study monitored the evolution of psychologists' (n = 31) conceptions of suicide prevention over the 9-year course of the National Suicide Prevention Project in Finland and assessed the feasibility of the theoretical model for analyzing suicide prevention developed in earlier studies [ Upanne, 1999a , b ]. The study was formulated as a retrospective self-assessment where participants compared their earlier descriptions of suicide prevention with their current views. The changes in conceptions were analyzed and interpreted using both the model and the explanations given by the subjects themselves. The analysis proved the model to be a useful framework for revealing the essential features of prevention. The results showed that the freely-formulated ideas on prevention were more comprehensive than those evolved in practical work. Compared to the earlier findings, the conceptions among the group had shifted toward emphasizing a curative approach and the significance of individual risk factors. In particular, greater priority was focused on the acute suicide risk phase as a preventive target. Nonetheless, the overall structure of prevention ideology remained comprehensive and multifactorial, stressing multistage influencing. Promotive aims (protective factors) also remained part of the prevention paradigm. Practical working experiences enhanced the psychologists' sense of the difficulties of suicide prevention as well as their criticism and feeling of powerlessness.

Investment Traits and Intelligence in Adulthood

2013 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 82-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sophie von Stumm
Keyword(s):  
Individual Differences ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Fluid Intelligence ◽  
Need For Cognition ◽  
Openness To Experience ◽  
Intelligence Tests ◽  
Crystallized Intelligence ◽  
New Knowledge ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Over Time

Intelligence-as-knowledge in adulthood is influenced by individual differences in intelligence-as-process (i.e., fluid intelligence) and in personality traits that determine when, where, and how people invest their intelligence over time. Here, the relationship between two investment traits (i.e., Openness to Experience and Need for Cognition), intelligence-as-process and intelligence-as-knowledge, as assessed by a battery of crystallized intelligence tests and a new knowledge measure, was examined. The results showed that (1) both investment traits were positively associated with intelligence-as-knowledge; (2) this effect was stronger for Openness to Experience than for Need for Cognition; and (3) associations between investment and intelligence-as-knowledge reduced when adjusting for intelligence-as-process but remained mostly significant.

Review of Agency: Its Role in Mental Development.

1997 ◽  
Vol 42 (7) ◽  
pp. 654-654
Author(s):  
Terri Gullickson
Keyword(s):  
Mental Development
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