Psychological resilience in the sports training of young wrestlers aged 13–14
Abstract and keywords
Abstract:
The article addresses the issue of developing concepts of psychological resilience for the subsequent selection of psychodiagnostic methods aimed at fostering psychological resilience as a combination of several personally significant mental qualities in young wrestlers aged 13–14, which determine stability in everyday sports training over the long-term perspective of the stage of intensive sports specialization. The purpose of the study is to summarize the data on the issues of psychological resilience in adolescent athletes aged 13–14 who specialize in sports wrestling disciplines. Research methods: comparison and analysis of scientific research data, synthesis and generalization of individual cases, facts, and pattern formulations, structuring. Research results and conclusions. It has been shown that there is currently no single interpretation or widely accepted definition of the concept of "psychological resilience." The integration of various viewpoints made it possible to identify a set of structural components of psychological resilience: social – socially significant communication skills; psychological – maintaining cognitive function performance; biological – individual potential of the nervous system. The following methodologies are proposed for conducting the study: the method for determining the level of neuro-psychological resilience "Prognosis 2"; the "Lifestyle Analysis" test; the questionnaire on emotional and volitional qualities of personality; the test-questionnaire "Study of Volitional Self-Regulation." It has been noted that young wrestlers aged 13–14 need to be taught the skill of psychological resilience as a combination of qualities necessary to overcome negative factors and realize their own sporting potential, as well as a personal resource for the long-term stage of advanced sports development.

Keywords:
sports wrestling, youth sports, psychological resilience, individual characteristics, mental qualities
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