Optimism as a personal resource for coping in demanding situations (eBook)

A notional case study in the field of youth sport

André Matthias Müller (Autor)

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2011 | 1. Auflage
31 Seiten
GRIN Verlag
978-3-640-98842-6 (ISBN)

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Seminar paper from the year 2009 in the subject Sport - Sport Sociology, grade: 1,0, Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg (Sportwissenschaft), course: Sportcoaching , language: English, abstract: Abstract
Objective: The aim of the present paper is to explain the construct of optimism in relation to coping strategies. Furthermore, we researched about the possibilities to improve situational optimism in a notional case study.
Method:Transactional theory of stress and coping by Lazarus (1982) is the initial point of this paper. We explained appraisal and coping processes and pointed out, that optimism is a needful resource to overcome demanding situations. In the following notional case study, with a young wrestler we used the Life Orientation Test (Scheier & Carver, 1994) and the CAVE-Technique to analyze optimism status. Afterwards we generated hermeneutic ideas to improve the given situational optimism status.
Results:A four stadium model, including reflection-, confirmation-, implementation- and re-evaluation phase was created to increase situational optimism. With this, it was possible to reach higher control abilities and optimism.
Conclusions:Situational optimism is improvable with the help of the given model. Therefore it is important to re-appraise the outcome to develop adaptation and transformation. Probably it is possible to transfuse situational optimism to dispositional optimism.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 22.8.2011
• Verlagsort: München
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport
• Schlagworte: coping strategies • coping_strategies • high_performance • High Performance
• ISBN-10: 3-640-98842-6 / 3640988426
• ISBN-13: 978-3-640-98842-6 / 9783640988426