Talent Identification and Development: a multidisciplinary approach ICSSPE

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Talent Identification and Development a
multidisciplinary approachICSSPE ISTAF,
Berlin2, September, 2006
Perfectionism and Talent Devolopment Sidónio
Serpa Technical University of Lisbon,
Portugal Faculty of Human Kinetics André
Barreiros University of Porto, Portugal Faculty
of Sport
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SPORT TALENTS AND PSYCHOLOGY

• Literature reports psychological characteristics
  associated to high achievement in sport
• Motivation
• Resilience
• Achievement goals
• Coping strategies
• Social support
• Perfectionism
• ...

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PERFECTIONISM AND PERFORMANCE

• Either
• Facilitating OR Disturbing

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TYPES OF PERFECTIONIST ORIENTATION - Adjusted
orientation (positive) - Unadjusted orientation
(negative/neurotic) Hamachek, 1978
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ADJUSTED PERFECTIONISM - High personal
standards - High achievement need - High
intrinsic motivation Hamachek, 1978
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UNADJUSTED PERFECTIONISM - Motivation to avoid
failure - Perception of environment as a threat
(not as a source of social support) -
Excessive critical evaluation concern over
mistakes doubts about actions exagerated
parents expectations Frost Col., 1990
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PERFECTIONISM and TALENT IN SPORTResearch on
American Olympic Champions Gould, Dieffenbach
Moffet, 2002

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PERFECTIONISM and TALENT IN SPORTResearch on
American Olympic Champions Gould, Dieffenbach
Moffet, 2002

• High values of
• Personal standards
• Organization
• Low levels of
• Parental criticism and expectations
• Doubts about actions
• Concern over mistakes

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Perfectionism and Talent Devolopment

• AIM OF THE RESEARCH
• - To study perfectionism as a component of
  talent in Portuguese young soccer players

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PARTICIPANTS

• 211 young Portuguese soccer players
• 82 talented players (members of regional/national
  teams)
• 129 non-talented players
• Male players
• Two phases of the sports career
• lt17
• lt19

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TOOL

• Multidimensional Perfeccionism Scale
• (Portuguese version Serpa, Alves Barreiros,
  2004), from Frost, Marten, Lehart Rosenblat,
  1990)
• 35 items
• 5 points Likert scale
• Dimensions
• Personal standards
• Organization
• Concern over mistakes
• Parental expectations
• Parental criticism
• Doubts about actions

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RESULTS
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PERFECTIONISMTalent X Non-Talent(general sample)
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PERFECTIONISMTalent X Non-Talent(general sample)
ADJUSTED PERPECTIONISM
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PERFECTIONISMTalent X Non-Talent(general sample)
ADJUSTED PERPECTIONISM
UNADJUSTED PERPECTIONISM
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PARENTAL SUPPORTTalent X Non-Talent(general
sample)

• Comparing talented and non-talented players in
  each age group...

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PERFECTIONISMTalent X Non-Talent (group lt17)
P0,06
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PERFECTIONISMTalent X Non-Talent (group lt17)
P0,06
- PERSONAL STANDARDS EMERGE AS A MAJOR CRITICAL
ASPECT
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PERFECTIONISMTalent X Non-Talent (group lt19)
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PERFECTIONISMTalent X Non-Talent (group lt19)
ADJUSTED PERPECTIONISM
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PERFECTIONISMTalent X Non-Talent (group lt19)
ADJUSTED PERPECTIONISM

• DO TALENTS LEARN HOW TO DEVELOP THE
• ADJUSTED PERFECTIONISM ?!
• OR...
• THE ADAPTED PERFECTIONISTS ARE
• NATURALLY SELECTED

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Perfectionismtalented(groups lt17 lt19)

• QUESTION
• Do older and younger talents differ regarding
  the perfectionism patterns?

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PERFECTIONISM lt17 X lt19(talented)
ADJUSTED PERPECTIONISM
lt17 lt19 (NS)
lt17 lt19 (NS)
UNADJUSTED PERPECTIONISM
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Perfectionismtalented(groups lt17 lt19)

• Younger and older talents seem to have equivalent
  perfectionism patters

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AND WHAT ABOUTCOMPARISONS lt17 X gt19IN
NON-TALENTED PLAYERS?
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PERFECTIONISM lt17 X lt19(non-talented)
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PERFECTIONISM lt17 X lt19(non-talented)
Reduced parents investment in their childrens
sports career ?!
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Question- COULD THE EVENTUAL REDUCING PARENTS
INVESTMENT IN THEIR CHILDRENS SPORTS CAREER,
BE RELATED TO A DECREASING SPORTS ACHIEVEMENT ?
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Socialization Model of Children
Behaviour Social-Cognitive Theory (Taylor,
Baranowski Sallis, 1984)
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Socialization Model of Children
Behaviour Social-Cognitive Theory (Taylor,
Baranowski Sallis, 1984)
ENVIRONMENT
PARENTS BEHAVIOUR
CHILDRENS BEHAVIOUR
PARENTS COGNITIONS
CHILDRENS COGNITIONS
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PARENTAL SUPPORT IN TALENTED SOCCER
PLAYERS(Serpa Barreiros, 2006)
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PARENTAL SUPPORT IN TALENTED SOCCER
PLAYERS(Serpa Barreiros, 2006)
- THE PARENTS OF TALENTED SOCCER PLAYERS HAVE A
SPECIFIC BEHAVIOURAL PATTERN, BASED ON HIGH
EMOTIONAL SUPORT AND LOW REJECTION - FATHERS
AND MOTHERS HAVE SMALL DIFFERENT PATTERNS
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PERFECTIONISM IN TALENTED SOCCER
PLAYERSCONCLUSIONS

• Talented and non-talented soccer players have
  different perfectionism patterns
• Talented players have higher adjusted
  perfectionism and lower unadjusted perfectionism
• Talented players seem to be stable regarding the
  perfectionism patterns along the career, unlike
  the non-talented players
• Lower levels of parent expectations and criticism
  in the older non-talented players may be
  interpreted as a decreasing investment of their
  parents in the childrens sport career.

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PERFECTIONISM IN TALENTED SOCCER PLAYERS

• GENERAL CONCLUSION
• PERFECTIONISM SEEMS TO BE A COMPONENT OF SPORTS
  TALENTS
• Training strategies should be developed for the
  modeling of positive perfectionism in youngsters

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THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR KIND ATTENTION
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