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Volume 16, Issue 1, 2024
Online ISSN: 2406-1379
ISSN: 1821-3480
Volume 16 , Issue 1, (2024)
Published: 10.06.2024.
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02.12.2015.
Original scientific paper
STRESS COPING RELATIVE TO COMPETITIVE EXPERIENCE OF HANDBALL PLAYERS
The aim of this study is to examine differences in stress coping between handball players of
different competitive experience. The sample consists of 127 handball players from 10 clubs
in Serbia, 83 of whom are males and 44 are females. All participants are divided in three
groups, which are formed according to their competitive experience: up to 5 years (n = 42),
up to 10 years (n = 58), over 10 years (n = 26), with an assumption that there are no
significant differences between male and female handball players (p = .909). General SelfEfficacy Scale (SGSE; Schwarzer, & Jerusalem, 1981) is applied. The findings indicate that
there are significant differences in stress coping between handball players with different
levels of competitive experience (p = .021); the longer the competitive experience, the more
efficient stress coping is. As regards the findings of previous studies and the specificity of
handball, this paper provides possible explanation of obtained results and their
implementation in everyday activities of athletes and coaches.
Goran Žakula, Tatjana Tubić