Emotional factor of competitive self-mobilization of professional rowers

Abstract

Based on the provisions of the differential emotions theory, psychology of attitude, self-regulation concepts, the authors study the influence of emotiogenic stimuli and stressors (emotional factor) on the competitive self-mobilization of professional rowers. The purpose of the research is to determine the forms and sources of competitive self-mobilization of professional rowers under the conditions of influence of emotiogenic stimuli. The following methods were used in the empirical part: natural experiment, questionnaire for the evaluation of the frequency of use of mental resources in the competitive practice (image constructs, verbal forms) and experience of support of emotiogenic stimuli of a situation; testing for the identification of the frequency of experience of basal emotions, the motivation for success, and emotional personality traits. According to experimental design, to identify the capacity to overcome fatigue, the study participants have been passing a control distance of 150 m before and after intense training. The participants were 41 professional rowers of whom 27 are National Team members. Results. It is established that positive emotions of joy and pleasure significantly prevail (Friedman test) over negative ones (χ2=79.823; df 4; p