Determination of the mental self-regulation skill features of hockey players by means of galvanic skin response method

Abstract

The article discusses the features of using the hardware method of recording the galvanic skin response (GSR) in the studies of athletes aimed at identifying and developing mental skills of self-regulation. The purpose of the empirical study was to research the severity of mental self-regulation skills in young hockey players (n=19) and to compare the data of the hardware method of GSR with the subjective feelings of athletes. The results of the study present significant discrepancies between the indicators of hardware diagnostics and subjective assessments of the psycho-emotional state of athletes, according to «background» indicators (p≤0,001), according to «relaxation» indicators (p≤0,01). Moreover, the data obtained made it possible to identify the need to introduce an additional indicator «concentration» during relaxation and activation of athletes and take it into account for the formation for comprehensive assessment of the mental self-regulation skill severity.