Open AccessCompetências psicológicas em atletas veteranos. DOI: 10.5007/1980-0037.2011v13n5p404
Author(s) -
Sanderson Soares da Silva,
Cláudia Dias,
António Manuel Fonseca
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
revista brasileira de cineantropometria and desempenho humano
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.197
H-Index - 20
eISSN - 1980-0037
pISSN - 1415-8426
DOI - 10.5007/1980-0037.2011v13n5p404
Subject(s) - athletes , psychology , competitive athletes , cognition , set (abstract data type) , population , cognitive skill , clinical psychology , applied psychology , medicine , psychiatry , physical therapy , computer science , environmental health , programming language
At the beginning of the study of veteran athletes, most investigations involving this population have focused on the physiological aspects of performance and their relationship with the aging process. With respect to sport psychology, there are few studies on the use of psychological skills by veteran athletes. In view of this gap, further studies are needed to increase the understanding of psychological skills used by veteran athletes. In this respect, our point of view shows that veteran athletes use a set of psychological skills to enhance their competitive performance and to overcome obstacles during the competition. In addition, the study of these psychological skills provides relevant information regarding the cognitive processes that occur in older adults, since a series of cognitive changes have been reported to occur as a result of the aging process