Subjektyviai suvokiamo streso priežasčių, įveikos būdų ir tarpusavio sąsajų su pasitikėjimo savimi tyrimas LKL ir VKL C lygose žaidžiančių krepšininkų grupėse ; Subjectively perceived causes of stress, coping methods and correlations between self – confidence and the level of perceived stress in two different basketball leagues (LKL and VKL C)

In the modern sports science for stress has very big priority of all researches. But almost all studies is trying to compare same groups of sportsman. This study is comparing professional basketball players and amateur basketball players. We couldn’t find any researches made to evaluate stress causes, stress coping strategies and stress level in different level of sport. Most of the stress and self – confidence surveys carried out by comparing the same basketball leagues groups, ONLY professionals or ONLY amateur athletes. Because of the lack of researches made on this studies between professional and amateur basketball players we can’t do any big findings about stressors, stress level or stress coping strategies, but we can identify a number of specific scientific findings, which occurred more frequently in one or another group (LKL or VKL C). For example one group in bigger stress situations are using problem solving technique (Boelen & Reijntjes, 2009), other rather take technique to share their experience and feelings with close friends or family members (Genevičiūtė- Janonienė ir Endriulaitienė, 2010). Futhermore this overvien is writing about importance of self – confidence, which has gtret influence on the sport, and the perceived stress level (Rutkauskaitė ir Miškinis, 2009; Kollos & Tache, 2013). The aim of the study: To investigate which stressors and which stress coping strategies is the most commonly used in professional and amateur basketball teams, and to evaluate the self – confidence and perceived stress level correlation. Objectives: 1. To determine what stressors is the most typical to LKL and VKL C basketball players during the match; 2. To determine what coping strategies are generally applied to LKL and VKL C basketball players during the match and what stress coping strategies is using in general; 3. To determine the correlation between self – confidence and the level of perceived stress during the match. Methodology: In order to evaluate stress coping strategies the four factors ...