THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ATHLETIC IDENTITY AND SPORTS PERFORMANCE AMONG NATIONAL ROWERS DURING DIFFERENT SEASONS OF COMPETITION

Zahra, Nili Ahmadabadi; Maesoumeh, Shojaei; Afkham, Daneshfar

	THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ATHLETIC IDENTITY AND SPORTS PERFORMANCE AMONG NATIONAL ROWERS DURING DIFFERENT SEASONS OF COMPETITION
Authors	Zahra Nili Ahmadabadi Zahranili@ymail.com University of Alzahra Tehran, P.Code: 1993891176, Iran ORCID:0000-0002-7982-4285 Maesoumeh Shojaei Zahranili@ymail.com University of Alzahra Tehran, P.Code: 1993891176, Iran ORCID: 0000-0002-6622-4408 Afkham Daneshfar Zahranili@ymail.com University of Alzahra Tehran, P.Code: 1993891176, Iran ORCID: 0000-0002-5879-5681
Abstract	Aim: Psychologists believe that mental skill like any other skill, can be taught and practiced, and without making use of this factor, it is impossible to achieve peak performance; therefore, elite athletes in different levels and their coaches, shall know about practical concepts and methods of developing mental skills. So, the purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between athletic identity and sports performance among national rowers during different seasons of competition. Methods: Forty athletes (20 females and 20 males) who were members of the national team with the age mean 23/67 (±3/71) participated in this correlation research. The statistic sample of this investigation was chosen with a special purpose. Athletic identity was measured by Brewer Athletic Identity Questionnaire (AIMS) (1999), and sports performance was measured by 4 physical fitness tests and 4 Proficiency tests in 6 respective stages. The data was analyzed by descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation and Multivariate regression analysis coefficient with P<0.05. Results: The results indicated that there was positive correlation between sports performance and athletic identity during different seasons of competition (P<0.05), but this amount of correlation was different in different seasons of competition. There was significant correlation between athletic identity and sports performance only during the seasons. The results indicated that athletic identity at the end of the training season is a good predictor for athletics success in competition season (P<0.05،f:7/12). So that 48%of athletic performance in competition season can be predicted from athletic identity scales at the end of the training season. Conclusion: Athletic identity increased as sports performance was enhanced; indicating that there was a significant correlation in this season because of its importance for the athletes. Athletes know that if they have good performance, their role of being an athlete or their athletic identity is stabilized.
Key words	performance; athletes; identity; rowing athletes;
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Pages	62-66
Volume	10
Year	2014
doi:	10.5281/zenodo.10492
Title of Journal ISSN 2308-7269 English ed.Online	PEDAGOGICS, PSYCHOLOGY, MEDICAL-BIOLOGICAL PROBLEMS OF PHYSICAL TRAINING and SPORTS
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