TY - JOUR
T1 - Psychological characteristics of sports performance
T2 - Analysis of professional and semiprofessional football referees
AU - Aguirre-Loaiza, Haney
AU - Holguín, Jesús
AU - Arenas, Jaime
AU - Núñez, César
AU - Barbosa-Granados, Sergio
AU - García-Mas, Alexandre
N1 - Funding Information:
Founding With partial financial support by Universidad Cat?lica de Pereira. Also, by the Erasmus+ project ELIT-in (590520-EPP-1-2017-1-ES-SPO-SCP) Acknowledgments The authors thank all football referees and assistants, Jose Enver Ayala, Ph.D., Universidad del Quind?o;magister Santiago Ramos, Universidad de Caldas, and magister Diana Alejandra Herrera, Universidad de Los Andes. This manuscript is based on data which is used in JH?s Undergraduate Dissertation.
Funding Information:
With partial financial support by Universidad (590520-EPP-1-2017-1-ES-SPO-SCP)
Publisher Copyright:
© JPES.
PY - 2020/6
Y1 - 2020/6
N2 - Sports psychology acknowledges the importance of referees in sports. However, evidence is still needed on psychological variables related to refereeing decisions. Psychological characteristics related to sports performance (Stress Control, Influence of Performance Evaluation, Motivation, Mental Skills, and Team Cohesion) were assessed and compared to referee role (referees vs assistant referees), experience, age, and education level. A cross-sectional design was realized, sixty-one professional and semiprofessional referees from Colombia (Mage = 22.5; SD = 4.1) completed the questionnaire for Psychological Characteristics related to Sports Performance adapted for Football Referees (CPRD-AF, for its Spanish acronym). Findings revealed that psychological characteristics are consistent regarding the referee role and experience. Differences were found between stress control and age [FSC (3, 57) =3.83, p =.27, η2 =.38], were the 28-34-year-old group was significantly higher than the 16-21-year-old group. Significant differences were found between stress control and education level [FSC(4, 56) =3.19, p =.030, η2 =.14], postgraduate referees had higher stress control compared with undergraduate referees (p <.027). Performance evaluation has a significantly higher influence on postgraduate referees than college referees (p<.036). Future research needs to evaluate social factor and psychological characteristics related to refereeing performance and include different types of referees role.
AB - Sports psychology acknowledges the importance of referees in sports. However, evidence is still needed on psychological variables related to refereeing decisions. Psychological characteristics related to sports performance (Stress Control, Influence of Performance Evaluation, Motivation, Mental Skills, and Team Cohesion) were assessed and compared to referee role (referees vs assistant referees), experience, age, and education level. A cross-sectional design was realized, sixty-one professional and semiprofessional referees from Colombia (Mage = 22.5; SD = 4.1) completed the questionnaire for Psychological Characteristics related to Sports Performance adapted for Football Referees (CPRD-AF, for its Spanish acronym). Findings revealed that psychological characteristics are consistent regarding the referee role and experience. Differences were found between stress control and age [FSC (3, 57) =3.83, p =.27, η2 =.38], were the 28-34-year-old group was significantly higher than the 16-21-year-old group. Significant differences were found between stress control and education level [FSC(4, 56) =3.19, p =.030, η2 =.14], postgraduate referees had higher stress control compared with undergraduate referees (p <.027). Performance evaluation has a significantly higher influence on postgraduate referees than college referees (p<.036). Future research needs to evaluate social factor and psychological characteristics related to refereeing performance and include different types of referees role.
KW - Assistant Referees
KW - Experience
KW - Mental Skill
KW - Sports Psychology
KW - Stress Control
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85087174673&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.7752/jpes.2020.04252
DO - 10.7752/jpes.2020.04252
M3 - Artículo
AN - SCOPUS:85087174673
SN - 2247-8051
VL - 20
SP - 1861
EP - 1868
JO - Journal of Physical Education and Sport
JF - Journal of Physical Education and Sport
IS - 4
M1 - 252
ER -