The gymnastics influence on the 7-8 years old girls’ personality characteristics
Authors:
Evgeniy E. Bindusov1, Marina A. Ovsyannikova2, Ekaterina A. Yankina1*
1 Moscow State Academy of Physical Education
Malakhovka, Russia
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2 Russian University of Transport
Moscow, Russia
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Abstract:
Some characteristic features and personality traits should be taken into consideration
when choosing a sport specialization. Besides, the role of psychological factor in modern gymnastics
is constantly increasing. The analysis of the psychological tests results allows to judge about the
influence of gymnastics exercises on the psychological peculiarities of the students. Materials.
The results of authors researches on comparative analysis of characteristic features and personal
qualities of two 7-8 years old girls groups, one of which consists of gymnasts and another one
consists of non-athletes, are considered in the article. Research Methods. Literary sources
analysis, character express analysis method (Dembo-Rubinstein method), personality properties
determination according to W.Sikora test, tapping - test, statistical analysis. Results. The
authors carried out psychological testing of gymnasts and non-athletes 7-8 years old and analyzed the results. It is established that the values of the nervous system, personality and character traits of the two girl groups are a valid assessment to determine the sports activities impact on them. According to estimates of the degree personality properties manifestation, gymnasts are superior to non-athletes in terms of general behavior, learning ability and purposefulness. Girls who do not participate in gymnastics have mostly weak or medium-weak nervous system, have a greater absolute sensitivity (lower threshold) than gymnasts. They have an advantage in the area of weak and medium stimuli. They react faster and have greater magnitude of reaction. Gymnasts, on the other hand, have an advantage in the zone of high intensity stimuli. Gymnasts with a weak nervous system prepare for the next type of competition immediately after the performance of the previous one. Gymnasts with a higher strength of nervous system presented the exercise in a shorter time. Conclusion. The girls of 7-8 years old engaged and not engaged in gymnastics do have qualitative differences in psychological characteristics. The obtained results can help coaches and gymnastics specialists in the selection of children for this sport.
Keywords:
gymnastics, girls 7-8 years old, psychological features, personality traits, Dembo-
Rubinstein method, W. Sicora test, tapping test, personality traits.
DOI: 10.14526/2070-4798-2023-18-1-28-32.