ハンドボール選手の認知的要因と心理的競技能力との関係

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between cognitive strategies (decision making, situation judgment, cognitive abilities) and the psychological-competitive ability of high school handball players. The subjects were 86 high school students who belonged to seven high school handball clubs (44 male, 42 female ; mean age=15.86, SD=0.71). In August 2006, the subjects first answered our questionnaire composed of a face sheet and Diagnostic Inventory of Psychological-Competitive Ability for Athletes (DIPCA.3 ; Tokunaga and Hashimoto, 2000), and then participated in our experiments that immediately followed the questionnaire survey. In the experiments, the subjects were asked to choose the most acceptable response to various situations of a handball game shown on the screen to evaluate their cognitive strategies (Decision Making and Situation Judgment, Cognitive Abilities). Multiple regression analyses were conducted to examine the correlation between DIPCA.3 and cognitive strategic variables. In order to examine the demographic differences, t-test and one-way ANOVA were conducted with DIPCA.3 and cognitive strategic variables. The results of multiple regression analyses showed the statistically significant positive association of Competitive Motivation in DIPCA.3 with Situation Judgment and Spatial Cognition. In the results of one-way ANOVA, statistically significant differences were found in Situation Judgment between semi-regular players and non-regular players, in DIPCA.3 between center players and right-side players, and in Decision Making between center-players and post-players. Limited supports for the effect of Competitive Motivation in DIPCA.3 on the cognitive strategic variables were provided from the analyses. The results also suggest that psychological motivation and mental training can have an important role in enhancing the cognitive strategies of high school handball players.