INTERRELATION OF MENTAL SKILLS AND ANXIETY INDICATORS IN HIGHLY QUALIFIED FEMALE RHYTHMIC GYMNASTS DURING THE COMPETITIVE PERIOD
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Author(s): | Borisova V. V., Churkina A. S., Skrzhinsky A. M., Suprun A. A., |
| Number of journal: | 3(76) | Date: | September 2026 |
| Annotation: | The study focuses on the interrelationship between mental skills and anxiety levels in female rhythmic gymnasts at the master’s level. The psychological testing involved 13 firstand second-year students from Lesgaft National State University of Physical Education, Sports and Health, aged 18-20, who were engaged in training and competitive activities in the university’s national teams. Among them, 6 athletes held the title of Candidate Master of Sports and 7 were Masters of Sports of Russia. The aim of the work was to identify the conditions that determine anxiety in gymnasts during the competitive period, and to develop scientifically based recommendations to optimize psychological training. The study used the method of correlation analysis to assess the relationships between the indicators of purposefulness, stress resistance, concentration, interference resistance, ideomotorics, planning, and the overall OMSAT score, on the one hand, and the level of situational and personal anxiety, as well as the components of competitive anxiety, on the other. The diagnosis of mental skills was carried out using the Author’s Test of Mental Skills in the adaptation of K. A. Bochaver and L. M. Dovzhik, which includes 12 subscales and 48 statements. It was found that stress resistance is inversely correlated with cognitive and somatic anxiety, and is directly related to competitive self-confidence. Concentration and noise resistance show significant inverse relationships with personal anxiety and cognitive anxiety, respectively. Ideomotorics and planning are positively associated with self-confidence. The total OMSAT score revealed the strongest direct relationship with competitive confidence and the strongest inverse relationship with personal anxiety. The results obtained confirm the key role of the comprehensive development of mental skills in ensuring the psychological health and sports achievements of highly qualified gymnasts. | ||
| Keywords: | rhythmic gymnastics, mental skills, psychological training, competitive anxiety, stress resistance, concentration, noise resistance, ideomotorics, OMSAT, self-confidence, highly qualified athletes, competitive period |
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| For citation: | Churkina A. S., Suprun A. A., Skrzhinsky A. M., Borisova V. V. Interrelation of mental skills and anxiety indicators in highly qualified female rhythmic gymnasts during the competitive period. Biznes. Obrazovanie. Pravo = Business. Education. Law. 2026;3(76):456—463. DOI: 10.25683/VOLBI.2026.76.1672. |
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