Relationship of indicators of ability and experience of military sports skydiving with the psychological state and performance in competition of elite jumpers

  1. Ortín Montero, Francisco José 1
  2. Borrego-Balsalobre, Francisco José 2
  3. Álvarez-Arangua, Sebastián 3
  4. Valdivia Moral, Pedro Ángel 4
  5. Morales-Baños, Vicente 5
  1. 1 Department of Basic Psychology and Methodology, University of Murcia, Espinardo Campus, Spain
  2. 2 Universidad de Murcia
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    Universidad de Murcia

    Murcia, España

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  3. 3 Faculty of Rehabilitation Science, Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago, Chile
  4. 4 Department of Didactics of Musical, Plastic and Corporal Expression, University of Granada, Cartuja Campus, Spain
  5. 5 Department of Physical Activity, University of Murcia, Campus Mare Nostrum, Spain
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Journal:
Cuadernos de psicología del deporte

ISSN: 1578-8423,  1989-5879

Year of publication: 2023

Issue Title: CPD3(2023)

Volume: 23

Issue: 3

Pages: 145-160

Type: Article

DOI: 10.6018/CPD.548801 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openDIGITUM editor

More publications in: Cuadernos de psicología del deporte

Abstract

Multiple variables must be considered when talking about sports performance. Among them, the literature establishes the importance of psychology and indicator techniques of experience acquired in the discipline. This study aims to establish the relationship between certain constructs that define the psychological profile of the athlete with skill indicators in military parachuting. For this, 42 jumpers aged 40.86 years old (±7.35) belonging to the Spanish army and the civil guard during the celebration of the National Military Championship of Skydiving which is held annually surveyed to know their level of optimism, resilience, psychological well-being, and burnout. It is concluded that the years of skydiving experience and the number of jumps, as indicators of skill, must be taken into account with a higher level of concreteness and specificity since certain psychological variables can increase or decrease depending on them. It is convenient to study each case, in particular, to understand what can happen in the state of the parachutist and develop strategies for optimizing sports performance.

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