Features of mental states in representatives of different types of sports

Abstract

The article analyzes the problem of finding psychological properties that determine high sports results in various types of sports activities, far from unequivocal conclusions. The analysis of literary data and the results of one's own research provide grounds for asserting that the endogenous factors of influence on mental states are the properties of nervous processes and temperament, and the exogenous factors of influence can be, in the case of a transactional process, the process of the subject's interaction with the environment. In the structure of the transactional process of a stressful episode, several elements can be distinguished: awareness of the stressor and its assessment; disruption of homeostasis, stress-related emotions and cognitive processes; coping reaction; the result of coping and a new assessment of the situation; personal factors. The analysis of the results of the own research of groups of athletes from various sports provides a basis for asserting that statistically significant differences in indicators of the state of mental tension, as well as reactive and personal anxiety, were not found in athletes - relievers. Research into the study of psychological mechanisms that determine the performance of top-level athletes and their evaluation criteria is considered promising in the future.