Original scientific paper
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN COACHES OF DIFFERENT SPORTS IN SATISFACTION WITH LIFE AND GENERAL LIFE EXPERIENCE
Joško Sindik
Saša Missoni
Abstract
The goal of our study was find the differences
between the coaches in different sports, in the dimensions
of life satisfaction and general life experience, in relation
to the set of independent variables, sociomeographic and
linked with earlier sport carierre and in variables directly
linked with a coaching.We have examined a total of 132
coaches of various sports in Croatia during the seminar for
coaches in Croatian Olympic Academy. For measuring
satisfaction with life, we used Extended SatisfactionWith
Life Scale and the Questionnaire about General Life
Experience.
The greatest number of statistically significant
differences was found among coaches in the area of
gender differences, that we have interpreted by the
potential gender roles and stereotypes. Statistically
significant differences were found in the dimension of
Lifetime Achievement (higher scores for unmarried); in
the dimension of fitness (higher scores for coaches who
became a coach soon after his sports career); in the
dimension of satisfaction and optimism (higher scores for
coaches who have previously won medals at the state
championship). Coaches who have stopped play sports
because of the critical events in life, have higher average
scores in the dimension of negative emotions and
stress.We have found a small number of statistically
significant differences among the coaches in the life
satisfaction and general life experience, in relation to a set
of independent variables.
Keywords
ličnost; pozitivna selekcija; sportsko umirovljenje; treniranje
Hrčak ID:
87738
URI
Publication date:
10.7.2012.
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