Abstract

NASCIMENTO JUNIOR, José Roberto A. do et al. Is an athlete's perfectionism associated with the performance of indoor football teams?. Psicol. teor. prat. [online]. 2020, vol.22, n.2, pp. 317-337. ISSN 1516-3687.  http://dx.doi.org/10.5935/1980-6906/psicologia.v22n2p317-337.

This study investigated the association between the perfectionism traits of 140 futsal athletes and their teams' performance markers. The athletes were divided into two groups: Medalists (n = 29) and Non-medalists (n = 111). The instruments used were The Sport Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale-2 (SMPS-II) and the official game bulletins for collecting performance markers (goals scored, goals conceded, number of wins, number of losses, and points added in the competition). Data analysis was conducted using the Mann-Whitney "U," Spearman correlation, and Path Analysis. The results showed that the non-medal players present more doubts in action than the medalists (p = 0.008). Perfectionist strivings had a significant and positive association with performance markers (β = 0.17) and negative association with goals conceded (β = -0.23) in medal players, while perfectionist concerns were negatively associated (β > -0.20) with non-medalist markers. It was concluded that adaptive perfectionism could be considered an intervening factor in collective performance in futsal, especially in successful teams.

Keywords : personality; performance; sport; Sport Psychology; perfectionism.

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