Psychological competitive abilities of Japanese Olympians:  a case of 2002 Salt Lake City and 2006 Torino winter games

Tachiya Yasuhisa, Imai Kyoko, 山崎 史恵, 菅生 貴之, Hiraki Takako, 平田 大輔, 石井 源信, Matsuo Akifumi

doi:10.32155/jissjjess.1.0_13

The purpose of this study was to investigate the psychological competitive abilities of Japanese Winter Olympians who participated in the 2002 Salt Lake City (SLC) and 2006 Torino (TR) games. Diagnostic Inventory for Psychological Competitive Ability (DIPCA.3) was utilized, which was developed by Tokunaga and Hashimoto (1988). The inventory consisted of 52 questions, categorized into 12 factors: patience, aggressiveness, volition for self-realization, volition for winning, self-control, ability to relax, concentration, confidence, decisiveness, predictive ability, judgment, and cooperation. The greatest value of each factor was 20 and the greatest achievable total score was 240. The sample size of the Japanese SLC Olympians was 104 (male=56, female=48, mean age=25.0±3.98), and the TR Olympic participants was 111 (male=60, female=51, mean age= 25.4±4.93). The result showed that; 1) The mean scores of “self-control”, “ability to relax” and “concentration” in male athletes who participated in SLC Olympics for the first time were higher than those of TR Olympians. The mean score of “volition for self-realization” in SLC female athletes was higher than that of TR. 2) With respect to performance results, no statistical differences were found in both sexes in all 12 factors. 3) With regard to female Olympians who participated in both SLC and TR games, the mean scores of “concentration”, “judgment” and “cooperation” were higher for SLC than those of TR, whereas no significant differences were found in male participants.

Psychological competitive abilities of Japanese Olympians: a case of 2002 Salt Lake City and 2006 Torino winter games

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