Optimism levels among collegiate athletes and non‐athletes

Venne, Stephanie A.; Laguna, Patricia; Walk, Stephan R.; Ravizza, Kenneth

doi:10.1080/1612197x.2006.9671792

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“…The strong association between mental toughness and optimism would suggest that higher levels of mental toughness could potentially result in higher levels of achievement. Venne, Laguna, Walk, and Ravizza (2006) discussed different pathways to increase optimism. They identified successful achievement of mastery experiences, lower levels of anxiety and depression and explanatory style as possible mechanisms.…”

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Mental toughness, optimism, pessimism, and coping among athletes

Nicholls

Polman

Levy

et al. 2008

Personality and Individual Differences

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The concept of mental toughness is widely used, but empirical evidence is required to fully understand this construct and its related variables. The purpose of this paper was to explore the relationship between: (a) mental toughness and coping, (b) mental toughness and optimism, and (c) coping and optimism. Participants were 677 athletes (male 454; female 223) aged between 15 and 58 years (M age = 22.66 years, SD = 7.20). Mental toughness correlated significantly with 8 of the 10 coping subscales and optimism. In particular, higher levels of mental toughness were associated with more problem or approach coping strategies (mental imagery, effort expenditure, thought control, and logical analysis) but less use of avoidance coping strategies (distancing, mental distraction, and resignation). Eight coping subscales were significantly correlated with optimism and pessimism. In conclusion, the relationships observed in this study emphasize the need for the inclusion of coping and optimism training in mental toughness interventions.

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Mental toughness, optimism, pessimism, and coping among athletes

Nicholls

Polman

Levy

et al. 2008

Personality and Individual Differences

257

179

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“…In fact, recent research in the sport sciences illustrates continued use of the single composite score reflecting a unidimensional definition of optimism (i.e., Brewer et al, 2007;Venne et al, 2006). This seeming reluctance of sport science researchers to adopt the twofactor model may reflect the fact that no published study has explicitly examined the factor structure of the LOT-R with athletes.…”

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“…In recent years, sport scientists have begun to examine athletes' expectancy beliefs with a focus on dispositional optimism. Dispositional optimism has been examined as a personality characteristic of high-level athletes (Czech, Burke, Joyner, & Hardy, 2002;Gould, Dieffenbach, & Moffett, 2002;Venne, Laguna, Walk, & Ravizza, 2006) and as a factor that influences the relationship between stress and sport injury (Albinson & Petrie, 2003;Ford, Eklund, & Gordon, 2000), emotional adjustment during competition (Gaudreau & Blondin, 2004), postsurgical mood disturbance (Brewer et al, 2007), and sport burnout (Ying-Mei, Chen, & Kee, 2007). The Life Orientation Test-Revised (LOT-R; Scheier, Carver, & Bridges, 1994) is most commonly used to measure athletes' dispositional optimism.…”

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A Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Life Orientation Test—Revised With Competitive Athletes

Appaneal

2012

Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport

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Current reviews outside of sport indicate that the Life Orientation Test-Revised (LOT-R) items load on two separate factors (optimism and pessimism) and, therefore, should be treated as independent constructs. However, researchers in the sport sciences continue to use the single composite score reflecting a unidimensional definition of optimism. Hence, I sought to explicitly examine the factor structure of the LOT-R with athletes. Results of this study support the two-factor structure, which is consistent with accumulating evidence outside of sport and exercise science. This contribution is an important first step toward continued examination of this instrument and future work on the influence of optimism (versus pessimism) on sport and exercise behavior.

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“…Una posible hipótesis se centra en que el contexto deportivo es un ámbito que facilitaría el desarrollo del optimsmo en las personas (Cantón et al, 2013;García-Naveira, 2010a;García-Naveira & Díaz, 2010;Gustafsson & Skoog, 2012;Nicholls et al, 2008;Ortín et al, 2011;Ortín et al, 2013;Sheard & Golby, 2006;Venne et al, 2006). El deporte es una actividad que ofrece desafíos, aprendizajes y experiencias, en el que se requiere ser resistente, tener autonomía, plantearse y cumplir objetivos, adaptarse a los distintos ambientes y cambios, superar situaciones adversas, dominar el entorno, etc., en el que la persona encontraría un refuerzo positivo en dicha actividad.…”

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“…García-Naveira y Díaz (2010) indican que los jugadores de fútbol de más edad son más optimistas que los de menos edad. Se han identificado como facilitadores del desarrollo del optimismo la experiencia de logro y la consecución de metas (García-Naveira y Díaz, 2010; Venne et al, 2006), la disminución de la ansiedad, el estrés y la depresión (Gustafsson & Skoog, 2012;Venne et al, 2006), el dominio y el aprendizaje de destrezas deportivas (García-Naveira & Díaz, 2010;Venne et al, 2006), el aprendizaje de habilidades de afrontamiento (Cantón, Checa & Budzynska, 2013;Nicholls, Polmar, Levy & Backhouse, 2008;Sheard & Golby, 2006) y la satisfacción con la vida (Cantón et al, 2013).…”

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Optimismo y competitividad en jóvenes atletas de rendimiento

García-Naveira¹,

Ruíz-Barquín

Ortín

2015

Revista Latinoamericana de Psicología

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ResumenEl optimismo y la competitividad se presentan como dos variables importantes a estudiar para comprender las características psicológicas asociadas al máximo rendimiento. La presente investigación se propone analizar las diferencias en optimismo y competitividad en función de: practicar deporte o no; el nivel competitivo; la categoría por edad, y el sexo. Para ello, se aplicaron los cuestionarios LOT-R en su versión en español (Otero, Luengo, Romero, Gómez & Castro, 1998) y Competitividad-10 (Remor, 2007) a una muestra de participantes constituida por 148 atletas (75 hombres y 73 mujeres) y 58 no deportistas (22 hombres y 36 mujeres), con edades comprendidas entre los 14 y los 17 años. En cuanto al rasgo optimismo, los resultados indican que los deportistas son más optimistas que los no deportistas, no se obtienen diferencias en función del nivel competitivo, los deportistas de alto rendimiento de mayor edad son más optimistas que los de menos edad y los hombres son más optimistas que las mujeres. En cuanto a la competitividad, los deportistas de alto rendimiento son más competitivos que los deportistas amateur. No se obtienen diferencias en función de la categoría por edad y los hombres son más competitivos que las mujeres. Se concluye que el optimismo se presenta como una variable asociada principalmente con la práctica deportiva, mientras que la competitividad discrimina el nivel competitivo de los deportistas.

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Optimism levels among collegiate athletes and non‐athletes

Cited by 19 publications

References 28 publications

Mental toughness, optimism, pessimism, and coping among athletes

Mental toughness, optimism, pessimism, and coping among athletes

A Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Life Orientation Test—Revised With Competitive Athletes

Optimismo y competitividad en jóvenes atletas de rendimiento

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