SPORTS STRESS MANAGEMENT SKILLS OF THE PARTICIPANT ATHLETES AT THE 44TH THAILAND NATIONAL SPORTS UNIVERSITY GAMES
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This study was a survey research and aimed to examine the differences and the relationship in sports stress management skills by gender, sport type, and duration of daily practice in the athletes of the 44th Thailand National Sports University Games. The samples were 384 athletes participating in the 44th Thailand National Sports University Games. The sample size (n = 384) employed the Krejcie & Morgan (1970) method and the Multiple Random Sampling by the proportion of sport type. The instrument used was the questionnaire on sports stress management. The validity and reliability of questionnaire were 0.6-1.0 and 0.98 respectively. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Three-Way Analysis of Variance, and Multiple Regression Analysis at the significance level of 0.05.
The results showed that gender and sport types had no influence on sports stress management skills whereas the duration of daily practice had a significant influence on sports stress management skills (p<0.05). It was also found that sport types and duration of daily practice had a significant influence on sports stress management skills (p<0.05). Moreover, the gender, sport types, and duration of daily practice could explain the variation of scores by 3.0 percent, and in each respect of area, the gender and the sport types had no relationship with sports stress management skills overall whereas the duration of daily practice had a statistically significant relationship with sports stress management skills at p<0.05.
In conclusion, the amount of time you spend practicing in sports per day will be important and it’s the main factor for athletes to be able to manage their stress because practice will make athletes have self-confidence and will affect their ability to express in sports.
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