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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Psychol.
Sec. Sport Psychology
Volume 15 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1466848
This article is part of the Research Topic Towards a Psychophysiological Approach in Physical Activity, Exercise, and Sports-Volume III View all 13 articles

Causal Relationships Among Perception of Errors, Challenges, and Deliberate Practice in Athletes with Disabilities

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Min-Seong Ha Min-Seong Ha 1*Young Kyun Sim Young Kyun Sim 2Joon Ha Shin Joon Ha Shin 2Song Eun Kim Song Eun Kim 3Eun Chul Seo Eun Chul Seo 4
  • 1 University of Seoul, Seoul, Republic of Korea
  • 2 Dankook University, Yongin, Gyeonggi, Republic of Korea
  • 3 Soonchunhyang University, Asan, South Chungcheong, Republic of Korea
  • 4 Wonkwang University, Iksan, North Jeolla, Republic of Korea

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    There is limited evidence that the psychological characteristics of athletes with disabilities are identical to those of non-disabled athletes, owing to differences in ecological traits, and there is insufficient information on how athletes with disabilities perceive disabled athletes' perception of errors, challenges, and deliberate practice.Therefore, it is necessary to examine whether the causal model of the perception of errors, challenge, and deliberate practice will be reproduced in the same way as in non-disabled athletes. Therefore, this study aimed to verify a causal model of the perception of errors, challenges, and deliberate practice by athletes with disabilities.The participants were 189 athletes with physical and hearing impairments (131 men and 58 women) registered with the 2023 Korea Paralympic Committee. Data were collected through a survey and the participants responded using a self-report method. The collected data were analyzed using descriptive statistics to verify normality, correlation analysis to examine relationships between variables, and structural equation modeling (SEM) to test the hypotheses.Based on SEM analysis, the results of this study showed that the causal relationships between the perception of errors, challenges, and deliberate practice were partially significant. Specifically, perception of errors and reflection positively predicted challenges, whereas burden of mistakes negatively predicted challenges. Additionally, challenges were found to have a positive effect on deliberate practice. Discussion: By comprehensively examining the above, it can be interpreted as a major factor that can promote and reduce challenges depending on how athletes with disabilities perceive their mistakes.

    Keywords: Psychological conditioning, Taekwondo athlete, physical disability, Hearing disability, structural equation model

    Received: 18 Jul 2024; Accepted: 08 Oct 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Ha, Sim, Shin, Kim and Seo. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Min-Seong Ha, University of Seoul, Seoul, Republic of Korea

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