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Temperament characteristics of competitors in flatwater racing
Pfoff, Michal ; Bílý, Milan (advisor) ; Harbichová, Ivana (referee)
Title: Temperament characteristics of competitors in flatwater racing Objectives: Goal of this work was to determine the temperament characteristic of competitors in flatwater racing and try to find a relationship between temperament and different race distance in watched population. Methods: Use was Eysenck's questionnaire of temperament (EPI) in research. Observe population was a group of flatwater racing competitors from czech army sports club Dukla Praha and USK Praha, competitors in national czech team. Results: The dominate type of temperament in the monitored group was sanguineosus with low degree of extroversion and the low degree of stability. Dependence between temperament and specialization for different distances was confirmed only for marathon competitors. For competitors group of sprint 200m didn't results significantly different from the observe average. In the marathon group was dominated to introverted behavior. The dominant temperament profile in marathon group was phlegmatic with a low level of introvesion and low level of stability. Key words: Temperament, flatwater racing, Eysenck's questionnaire of temperament (EPI), sport psychology.
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Social Physique Anxiety: Translation of the Social Physique Anxiety Scale
Harbichová, Ivana ; Stackeová, Daniela (referee) ; Chalupová, Eva (advisor)
Title: Social Physique Anxiety: Translation of the Social Physique Anxiety Scale Objectives: The aim of this study was the translation of the Social Physique Anxiety Scale (SPAS; Hart et al., 1989), originally validated for samples of North American students. The second aim was to find out eventual variations in social physique anxiety among university students. Method: We used the Social Physique Anxiety Scale (SPAS; Hart et al., 1989) and we asked the data about physical activity and diet. SPAS was translated into Czech language using modified direct translation method with protocol analysis. The data were collected at FTVS UK in Prague and FF UK in Prague, during the year 2008/2009. We asked 196 students. 110 students of FTVS UK in Prague, 46 female (mean age = 20,52, SD = 1,81) and 64 male (mean age = 20,7, SD = 1,49). 86 students of FF UK in Prague, 56 female (mean age = 23,5, SD = 4,79) a 30 male (mean age - 24,93, SD -4,34). Key words: SPAS, physical self, exercise, physical activity, self-presentation, social physique anxiety
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