Influence of psychological factors on athletes of female soccer

• Grant number: 13/08946-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: September 01, 2013
• End date: August 31, 2014
• Field of knowledge: Health Sciences - Physical Education
• Principal Investigator: Paula Teixeira Fernandes
• Grantee: Rodrigo Haruo Gushikem
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Educação Física (FEF). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Soccer is a worldwide-spread sport and is considered a national passion in Brazil. With its growth and development, professional soccer needs the intervention of professionals from different fields of knowledge, aiming at high yield. That's why sport psychology is so important. The objective of this project is to evaluate psychological and cognitive factors at two different times (before and after a championship). For this, psychological protocols (anxiety - Beck Anxiety Inventory; emotional profile - Profile of Mood States - POMS; motivation and stress) and cognitive protocols (executive functions - subtest digit figures and complete the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS); processing speed - WAIS subtest codes; attention - Colored trails Test) will be invested in players of an access team from a city in the interior of São Paulo. In addition, some questionnaires will be used for mapping the issue of stress and motivation. These tests will be done on dates before and after the championship. The results will be discussed and analyzed. We expect to establish a relationship between psychological factors and the performance of athletes, and also between the two time points. (AU)