Publication details
Analysis of changes of mental state caused by psychological stress during match in football referees
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| Year of publication | 2015 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Studia Sportiva |
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| Citation | |
| Field | Psychology |
| Keywords | football; referee; personality; psychological experiences; mental states |
| Description | A rank correlation between component of anxious expectations and fears before the match and component of depression after the match in the personality of football referees was statistically proven in the past. We presume that there is a possibility that this relationship is in fact qualified by the temperament of referees. We evaluated subjective psychological experiences and states of 26 football referees through standardized questionnaire SUPSO. The questionnaire had been always administrated twice: directly before the match and immediately after its finish. Using Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient and partial correlation coefficient, we searched for a causal link among the values of the component of anxious expectations and fears before the match, the values of the component of depression after the match, and the referee’s temperament. Results suggest that the direct bond between the two components stay significant even after exclusion of the influence of referee’s temperament. |