Kinesiology, Vol. 19. No. 2., 1987.
Original scientific paper
The structure of cognitive abilities vs. engagement and attitude toward sport
Ksenija Bosnar
; Fakultet za fizičku kulturu Sveučilišta u Zagrebu
Franjo Prot
; Fakultet za fizičku kulturu Sveučilišta u Zagrebu
Abstract
The representative sample of 720 Yugoslav males aged 18 to 27 was involved in the study of the relations between engagement and attitude toward sport on one hand, and the cognitive abilities on the other. The regression analysis was applied under the model of least squares, as well as the regression analysis under the SRA model. The cognitive abilities were defined by the of the perceptual, parallel and serial processing and the criterion variable, the general attitude and involvement in sport was quantified by determining the first principal component of the items of the scale KI (Mraković, 1971).
The analyses under both models show statistically multiple correlations of low values which are in both examples determined by the positive correlation of the test for serial processing and the negative correlation of the best for parallel processing and the attitude toward sport. The analyzed results show that those subjects that have a more positive and greater degree of involvement in sport also have a cognitive structure which is not optimal for achievements of top-level results.
Keywords
cognitive abilities; attitudes toward sport; regression analysis
Hrčak ID:
256524
URI
Publication date:
4.6.1987.
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