Open AccessThe role of perfectionism in athletes: Diagnosis and relationship with anxiety, mental images and sports motivation
Author(s) -
Веракса Александр Николаевич,
Якушина Анастасия Александровна,
Семенов Юрий Иванович
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
vestnik sankt-peterburgskogo universiteta. psihologiâ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2658-3607
pISSN - 2658-6010
DOI - 10.21638/spbu16.2021.301
Subject(s) - perfectionism (psychology) , athletes , psychology , anxiety , trait , trait anxiety , social psychology , clinical psychology , physical therapy , psychiatry , medicine , computer science , programming language
The article analyzes the results of studying the features of perfectionism and its relationship with anxiety, internal and external motivation, and mental images in athletes. The authors re- lied on R.Frost’s concept of the multidimensional structure of perfectionism and the division of its parameters into adaptive and maladaptive. The study involved 249 athletes (Mage=20,18; SDage=3,13) from different regions of the Russian Federation. As a result, it was shown that trait anxiety is significantly higher in athletes with a higher level of perfectionism. Adaptive parameters of perfectionism (“personal standards and organization”) are positively correlated with all parameters of internal motivation in athletes (“motivation to know”, “experience stimulation” and “motivation toward accomplishments”). In addition, maladaptive parameter such as “doubts about actions” negatively correlate with all parameters of internal motivation. The external motivation parameter “social approval” is significantly associated with all parameters of maladaptive perfectionism (“perceived coach pressure”, “perceived parental pressure”, “concern over mistakes”, “doubts about actions”). In addition, the parameter “personal standards and organization” has a significant impact on the frequency of using all types of mental images.