The relationship between personality and performance of football referees

Sayfollahpour, Pirooz; Ganjooee, Farideh Ashraf; Nikbakhsh, Reza

doi:10.6007/ijarbss/v3-i9/184

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“…According to Sayfollahpour, Ganjooee & Nikbakhsh (2013) are values of tension during performance in sport and personal characteristic of athletes always limited by age, gender and situational inconstant that aroused during the football match.…”

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Analysis of changes of mental state caused by psychological stress during match in football referees

Voborný¹,

Zeman²,

Blahutková³

et al. 2015

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A rank correlation between component of anxious expectations and fears before the match and component of depression after the match in the personality of football referees was statistically proven in the past. We presume that there is a possibility that this relationship is in fact qualified by the temperament of referees. We evaluated subjective psychological experiences and states of 26 football referees through standardized questionnaire SUPSO. The questionnaire had been always administrated twice: directly before the match and immediately after its finish. Using Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient and partial correlation coefficient, we searched for a causal link among the values of the component of anxious expectations and fears before the match, the values of the component of depression after the match, and the referee’s temperament. Results suggest that the direct bond between the two components stay significant even after exclusion of the influence of referee’s temperament.

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Analysis of changes of mental state caused by psychological stress during match in football referees

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Zeman²,

Blahutková³

et al. 2015

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The handball referee’s personality through the lens of players and coaches

Dodt,

Memmert

2023

Ger J Exerc Sport Res

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Refereeing in handball is a complex exercise involving numerous decisions and interactions among players and coaches. To meet the demands of officiating a game, (e.g., withstand the pressure generated by spectators or managing critical situations), referees need to have a certain personality type. Since the sport of handball faces an acute shortage of referees and the recruitment of suitable individuals becomes increasingly difficult, personality research can provide practical guidance for the identification of potential candidates. When determining the personality characteristics necessary for refereeing, taking an external perspective and collecting information from others can provide a more objective assessment of an individual’s personality than self-assessment. For this reason, an online qualitative survey was conducted to collect data from 89 German handball players and 35 coaches. Based on the principles of qualitative content analysis, a large part of the responses could first be structured and assigned to the five-factor model. The remaining responses were then categorised, which allowed four categories to emerge: (i) character and leadership, (ii) judgement and decision-making, (iii) game management, and (iv) physical fitness and cognitive demands. The findings contribute to expanding knowledge about the crucial personality characteristics that shape handball referees’ personality and suggest that the performance profile of handball referees shows similarities to that of other team sports officials. In our conclusion, we outline research directions with high practical relevance for the recruitment and development of referees, e.g., the study of referees’ assertiveness, need for evaluation, preference for consistency, or self-efficacy.

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Investigation on Soccer Referees: A Narrative Review

Cipriano

Martins

Araújo

et al. 2019

Polish Journal of Sport and Tourism

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Introduction. The heightened physical exertion stemming from greater physical loads in football matches has elicited greater development of physical conditioning in both players and referees.Material and methods. The current study consisted of a meta-analysis geared towards identifying the scientific data currently available on the training of referees.Results. With respect to the characterization of the training of football referees, the results of this study showed that there is a diversity of both its methods and contents. As a result of this and based on the support offered by the meta-analysis, a proposal for categorizing the contents of this training is presented. Testing-wise, the results also showed that the FIFA test fails to identify the varying intensities that occur within a match setting and to characterize the distribution of referees’ varying exertions throughout match settings. Lastly, the results of this study also indicated that the training of referees ought to include periodization guidelines over the course of a season, since doing so allows for the optimization and monitoring of referees’ performance.

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The relationship between personality and performance of football referees

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Analysis of changes of mental state caused by psychological stress during match in football referees

Analysis of changes of mental state caused by psychological stress during match in football referees

The handball referee’s personality through the lens of players and coaches

Investigation on Soccer Referees: A Narrative Review

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