Stressors in Indoor and Field Brazilian Soccer: Are They Perceived as a Distress or Eustress?

• DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.623719
• Publication Date: 2021-05-20T06:59:44Z
• Authors: Maria Regina Ferr...; Luis Felipe Polito; Vania Hernandes; Mariana Correa; Ana Paula Mastrocola; Daniel Oliveira; Alessandra Oliveira; Larissa Moura; Marcelo Villas Bo...; Daniela Angelo
• Keywords: Stressor

Soccer players inescapably live under stress during the sportive career, and many real-life aspects of soccer situations operate in ongoing performance. This study’s main objective was to elaborate List Stressors Professional Indoor Field Soccer, a self-report instrument designed measure impact 77 upon sport Participants were 138 indoor field from Brazilian Premier League. Each situation evaluated on 7-point scale, ranging most negative (−3) positive (+3). Data analyzed according players’ perception items: distress or eustress its intensity, after that, perceived as plus −1 +1 compared by time which they experienced distributed among five categories established literature: Expectations about Performance, Personal Factors, Competition Aspects, Training Demands, Relationship with Significant People. Narratives athletes’ experiences also used discuss results. An Exploratory Structural Equation Modeling using Bi-factorial (BI-ESEM) employed assess factor structure. For total participants, 49 28 eustress. Using criteria priori , distribution remaining 32 situations. Differences between less more found 11 The results revealed that professional experience various stressful These events are important representations environmental demands could predict performance distress. Some these inherent others adjacent sports system environment. Coach pressure win conflicts teammates examples stressors in-sport, family problems disputes press fans external team, called peripheral opponents, showed relative social influence significant We can conclude knowledge direction given has practical implications preparing athletes helping them face part daily life.