INVESTIGATION OF SOME PSYCHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF ATHLETES DEALING WITH WATER SPORTS

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (21) ◽  
pp. 13-21
Author(s):  
Lale YILDIZ ◽  
S.Sevil ULUDAĞ UYANIKER
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Cognitive Abilities ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Psychological Characteristics ◽  
Achievement Orientation ◽  
Probabilistic Sampling ◽  
Outdoor Sports ◽  
Control Motivation ◽  
Orientation Scale ◽  
Water Sports

Background: It is known that many factors can cause pressure for the athlete in sports performed on water rather than any outdoor sports. In this context, it is important to train athletes' cognitive abilities and skills with a strong mindset and to increase their awareness of their psychological characteristics. Aim: The aim of the study is to examine the psychological characteristics of athletes engaged in water sports regarding locus of control, motivation and achievement orientation and to determine possible relationships between them. Appropriate sampling, one of the non-probabilistic sampling methods, was used in determining the participants, and the study was carried out with a correlational survey model. A total of 147 licensed athletes (34 females and 113 males), including 48 windsurfers, 36 individual sails, 37 sets of sails, 26 kitesurf, participated in the study. Material and methods: The participants were administered the “Revised Locus of Control Scale”, “Sports Motivation Scale II” and “2x2 Achievement Orientation Scale”. Descriptive statistics, independent samples t-test, one-way ANOVA and Pearson correlation analysis were used in the analysis of the data. Results: According to the analysis results, it was determined that there are statistically significant differences between national and non-national athletes in all sub-dimensions of the achievement orientation scale and that all athletes have a positive orientation towards learning. The average scores of the performance-approach sub-dimension of athletes aged 20 and under and the amotivated sub-dimension of individuals with sports age 9 and over were found to be significantly higher. In addition, a moderately significant positive correlation was found between performance-avoidance achievement orientation and the integrated regulation motivation dimension, and between intrinsic regulation and learning-approach orientation. Conclusion: As a result, it is thought that individuals dealing with water sports can develop different strategies according to their psychological characteristics on the way to success and the findings will contribute to the field of sports psychology.

Psychological Characteristics of Age-Group Competitive Swimmers

1979 ◽  
Vol 48 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1265-1266 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alfred F. Morris ◽  
Paul Vaccaro ◽  
David H. Clarke
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Psychological Characteristics ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Young Athletes ◽  
Competitive Swimmers

Measures of locus of control and self-esteem were gathered from 20 competitive age-group swimmers aged 7 to 17 yr. These young athletes were more internal than their non-athletic contemporaries. Also, on self-esteem the competitive swimmers were significantly elevated.

scholarly journals Psychological characteristics and entrepreneurial intention

2017 ◽  
Vol 59 (7/8) ◽  
pp. 825-840 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sorayah Nasip ◽  
Sharifah Rahama Amirul ◽  
Stephen Laison Sondoh Jr ◽  
Geoffrey Harvey Tanakinjal
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Role Models ◽  
Entrepreneurial Intention ◽  
Partial Least Square ◽  
Psychological Characteristics ◽  
Need For Achievement ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
Tolerance For Ambiguity

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between individual psychological characteristics (i.e. innovativeness, locus of control, self-confidence, propensity to take risk, need for achievement and tolerance for ambiguity) and entrepreneurial intention. Design/methodology/approach A total of 676 undergraduate students from Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) have participated in the survey. The data were analysed using partial least square technique version 2.0. Findings The results have shown that innovativeness, self-confidence, propensity to take risk, need for achievement and tolerance for ambiguity are positively related to entrepreneurial intention among undergraduate students. However, locus of control is not significantly related to entrepreneurial intention. Research limitations/implications Although samples of the research are quite large, this research only involves undergraduates in UMS. Therefore, findings obtained are not generalized because the results do not include other educational institutions in Malaysia. On the implication aspect, this research might give some views among undergraduates to embark in business after graduating. Practical implications In spite of that, students should be encouraged and equipped with innovativeness, self-confidence, propensity to take risk, need for achievement and tolerance for ambiguity to interpret successful entrepreneurial role models and identification of business prospects for their future career. Originality/value The findings of the research may extend existing knowledge in the entrepreneurial field as well as to provide valuable information to policy maker in strengthening and redesigning suitable curriculum not only at the university level, but also in pre-school by giving entrepreneurial awareness on how this knowledge will transform us into an entrepreneurial society that can create wonders for human kind.

A Study on impact of smartphone addiction on academic performance

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2.6) ◽  
pp. 50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pamela Chaudhury ◽  
Hrudaya Kumar Tripathy
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Machine Learning Techniques ◽  
Smartphone Addiction ◽  
Active Involvement ◽  
Outdoor Sports ◽  
Using Data ◽  
The Masses ◽  
The Impact

Smartphone addiction is increasingly affecting the masses and is negatively impacting the younger generation. Several researches have been done to study the impact of internet and smartphone addiction. However no work has been done to predetermine academic performance from smartphone addiction using data mining techniques. A total of 222 University students participated in the questionnaire. The survey questionnaire consisted of demographic information, internet access pattern and smartphone addiction pattern. Data was analysed using machine learning techniques using classification models. The results further encouraged us to find the correlation between smartphone addiction and academic performance. Pearson’ correlation was used to establish that smartphone usage had a negative impact on academic performance. Additionally other attributes like internet connectivity and active involvement in outdoor sports activities were investigated. Experimental results confirmed a negative correlation of these attributes with academic performance. The findings were of immense use and could be used to reduce the internet addiction amongst the student community and also enhance their academic performance

scholarly journals PENGARUH PENGETAHUAN TENTANG LINGKUNGAN HIDUP, KEARIFAN LOKAL, LOCUS OF CONTROL, DAN MOTIVASI BERTANI TERHADAP PERILAKU LINGKUNGAN YANG BERTANGGUNG JAWAB PETANI DI KABUPATEN SOPPENG

2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (02) ◽  
pp. 72-84
Author(s):  
Mulyadi Mulyadi
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Environmental Behavior ◽  
Social Study ◽  
Independent Variables ◽  
Responsible Behavior ◽  
South Sulawesi ◽  
Control Motivation ◽  
Responsible Environmental Behavior ◽  
Paddy Farmers ◽  
Variance Homogeneity

Responsible environmental behavior is assumed to be significantly affected bay one’s knowledge of the environment, the local wisdom, locus of control motivation farming. The study reported here aimed to examine how the four independent variables actually affected the level of farmers’ responsible behavior towards environment. The causal and multidimensional social study was conducted in the Soppeng Regency of South Sulawesi from July 2009 to October 2009, trough a survey to the paddy farmers in the Liliriaja District. A sample of 120 farmers was made up 30 randomly selected farmers from each of the four purposefully selected sub districts in Liliriaja: Appanang, Galung, Rompegading and Jampu. The data of each variable were collected separately with a questionnaire. A path technique, which was preceded by normality and variance homogeneity tests, was employed to analyze the data descriptively and inferentially. The results proved that the farmers’ farming motivation and their responsible environmental behavior, respectively, was directly affected by their knowledge of the environment, the local wisdom, and the locus of control. The three independent variables also indirectly affected the farmers’ responsible environmental behavior through their motivation in farming. These findings suggest that the variables of environmental knowledge, local wisdom, locus of control and the farmers’ motivation in farming are important determinants of their responsible environmental behavior. Variation in the farmers’ responsible environmental behavior may therefore be minimized by improved knowledge of the environment, local wisdom, locus of control and farming motivation.

LOCUS OF CONTROL AND SELF-REPORTED PSYCHOPATHOLOGY AMONG NATIVE AMERICANS

1992 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 235-236 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas J. Young
Keyword(s):  
Native American ◽  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Native Americans ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Correlation Coefficients ◽  
Severity Index ◽  
Brief Symptom Inventory ◽  
Black College ◽  
Global Severity Index ◽  
Internal Locus Of Control

For 53 Native American college students positive, moderate Pearson correlation coefficients were found for scores from the Nowicki-Strickland Internal Locus of Control Scale and the Anxiety and Depression subscales and the Global Severity Index from the Brief Symptom Inventory. These findings, in contrast to previous research with black college men, suggest a relationship between locus of control and self-reported psychopathology for a sample of nonwhite subjects.

Internal-External Control, Achievement Orientation and Physical Attractiveness of College Students

1976 ◽  
Vol 38 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1205-1206 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas F. Cash ◽  
Phyllis J. Begley
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Internal Control ◽  
Physical Attractiveness ◽  
External Control ◽  
Achievement Orientation ◽  
Female College ◽  
Physically Attractive

The validity of the stereotype by which physically attractive persons are attributed greater internal control and greater success orientation than unattractive persons was studied among college students. For 32 male and 32 female college undergraduates, while attractiveness was unrelated to achievement orientation, attractive individuals were in fact more internal in their locus of control.

scholarly journals HUBUNGAN INTERNAL LOCUS OF CONTROL DENGAN STRES AKADEMIK SISWA SMAN 2 CIMAHI

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 27
Author(s):  
Siti Fatimah ◽  
Maya Masyita Suherman ◽  
Euis Eti Rohaeti ◽  
Ragil Amida Army Duntari ◽  
Riska Hidayat
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Correlation Analysis ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Academic Stress ◽  
Measuring Instruments ◽  
Internal Locus ◽  
Internal Locus Of Control ◽  
Pearson Correlation Analysis ◽  
The Relationship

Academic stress in students will arise when there is pressure for achievement both in the learning process and the interaction process in school. Academic stress is caused by the inability of students to process perceptions so that the achievement of the learning process is considered as academic demands that exceed the limits of their abilities and also the students' uncertainty about events in their lives can be controlled by themselves. This study aims to determine the relationship of internal locus of control and academic stress of students of SMAN 2 Cimahi. The subject of this research is the students of SMAN 2 Cimahi in the academic year 2018/2019. Measuring instruments in this study were academic stress scale (49 items; α = 0.875) and internal locus of control scale (30 items; α = 0.618). The method of data analysis in this study is Pearson correlation analysis. The results of Pearson correlation analysis based on the significance value p = 0.00 <0.05, which means that there is a relationship between internal locus of control and academic stress. The results of a simple correlation analysis (r) obtained a correlation between internal locus of control and academic stress of 0.610. This means that there is a strong relationship between internal locus of control and academic stress, while the direction of the relationship is positively significant, which means that the higher the internal locus of control, the academic stress will be lower. Internal locus of control effectively contributed 37.2% to academic stress, while 62.8% was determined by other variables not examined in this study.

scholarly journals Digital literacy and cognitive abilities of preservice physics teacher in physics for school course using LMS3: How are the both correlated?

2021 ◽  
Vol 2098 (1) ◽  
pp. 012011
Author(s):  
R Rizal ◽  
D Rusdiana ◽  
W Setiawan ◽  
E Surahman ◽  
I M Ridwan
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Ability ◽  
Cognitive Abilities ◽  
Digital Literacy ◽  
High Reliability ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Ability Test ◽  
Physics Teachers ◽  
Learning Success ◽  
Pearson Correlation Test

Abstract The Covid 19 pandemic that hit Indonesia demands the physics for school course to be conducted online using a Learning Management System Supported Smartphone (LMS3). By using this application, prospective physics teachers can practice their digital literacy and strengthen cognitive abilities. This study aims to determine the correlation between digital literacy and cognitive abilities, in general and by gender, which are trained through physics for school course using LMS3. The descriptive research was conducted with survey method and involving 20 students at a university in Tasikmalaya. They are five males and fifteen females spread 18-20 years old. The instruments used in this research were digital literacy test and cognitive ability test. Both have been validated by 5 experts and have high reliability. The collected data were analyzed statistically using the Kolmogorov Smirnov test and the Pearson correlation test. The results of the normality test obtained α = 0.636 which indicates that the data is normally distributed. The correlation coefficient r = 0.626 which indicates that digital literacy and cognitive ability are strong correlated. Based on the results the digital literacy of prospective physics teachers must be adequate to support learning success, one of which is shown by cognitive abilities.

scholarly journals Sport Locus of Control and Perceived Stress among College Student-Athletes

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (16) ◽  
pp. 2823 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shelley L. Holden ◽  
Brooke E. Forester ◽  
Henry N. Williford ◽  
Erin Reilly
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Sport Participation ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Division I ◽  
Grade Point ◽  
Academic Scholarship ◽  
Significant Negative Relationship ◽  
Control Research

The purpose of the study was to analyze athletes’ motivation for sport participation as it related to their locus of control. Research was conducted at two Division I universities in the southeastern United States. Participants were given the Sport Locus of Control and Perceived Stress among College Athletes surveys. There were 126 participants with a mean age of 19.69 ± 1.32 years. A Pearson correlation (r) was performed to determine a significant relationship between perceived stress and locus of control. Results indicated a significant negative relationship between the two variables (r = −0.393 and p = 0.001) (a moderate relationship). As perceived stress scores increased, locus of control scores decreased. Correlations related to perceived stress were gender (r = 0.323, p = 0.000), and grade point average (GPA) (r = −0.213, p = 0.01). The only other independent variable that was significantly related to locus of control was being on an academic scholarship (r = −0.203, p = 0.025). Athletes who have an external locus of control feel that they have little control over their circumstances. Findings of this study give coaches another factor to consider in retaining and getting the most from their athletes.

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