Diminuarea stresului perceput în pregătirea competițională a sportivilor adolescenți prin tehnici de relaxare

Abstract

The purpose of the research consists in the development, theoretical substantiation and experimental valorization of a psychological intervention program through relaxation techniques to reduce the perceived stress of adolescent athletes in the pre-competitive period. The objectives of the research: Determining the theoretical-conceptual foundations regarding stress and relaxation techniques of adolescent athletes during the pre-competitive training period; identifying the psychological traits of athletes necessary to control stress and achieve sports performance; establishing the levels and particularities of stress, anxiety and self-esteem manifestation in adolescent athletes, in the precompetitive period; the conceptualization, implementation and experimental validation of the Psychological Intervention Program through relaxation techniques to reduce the perceived stress of adolescent athletes in precompetitive training; the development of scientific conclusions and recommendations regarding the enhancement of sports performance and self-esteem by reducing stress and anxiety in adolescent athletes. Novelty and scientific originality results from the design and implementation of theoretical foundations regarding competitive stress and a psychological intervention program that creates real premises for managing anxiety through relaxation techniques that reduce the perceived stress of adolescent athletes and increase the adolescent athletes' self-esteem in a pre-competitive context. The research represents, at the national level, one of the first psychological papers that offers a unified vision on the principles, conditions and methods by describing the psychological characteristics of adolescent athletes, necessary for controlling stress, achieving sports performance and making it possible to adopt the program in an effective strategy of selfmanagement of pre-competitive stress.