Psychological characteristics of elite young athletes
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Deborah L. Feltz; Martha E. Ewing
- Source
- Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. 19:S106
- Subject
- medicine.medical_specialty
biology
Athletes
Psychological research
Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation
biology.organism_classification
medicine.disease_cause
Sport psychology
Developmental psychology
Elite
Physical therapy
medicine
Psychological stress
Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
Psychological testing
Big Five personality traits
Psychology
human activities
Youth sports
- Language
- ISSN
- 0195-9131
The psychological aspects of youth sports participation is one area of research that has been identified as important by parents, coaches, and sport psychology researchers. Unfortunately, little research has been conducted on this topic with elite young athletes. This paper briefly reviews the psychological research on children in sport in the areas of participation motivation and psychological stress and then focuses on the psychological research with elite young athletes. The last section of the paper discusses issues and recommendations for studying the elite young athlete.