Metacognitive factors of self-assessment of psychic self-regulation in athletes

The article presents the results of a study of metacognitions of athletes who differ in the level of self-assessment of their mental self-regulation. The aim of research was to study the relationship between the indicators of metacognitive knowledge, metacognitive involvement, metacognitive strategies and the level of mental self-regulation self- assessment of athletes depending on the gender. The study used the author’s methodology «Difficulties of self-regulation in sports-significant situations» and a questionnaire by G. Shrow, R. Dennison in the adaptation of A.V. 147 athletes (64 men and 83 women) aged 19–25 years participated in the study. The statistical data processing was carried out using the IBM SPSS Statistics 23.0 program. It was revealed that mental self-regulation in sports-significant situations is assessed at an average and good level both in the male and female samples of athletes. The male athletes rate their mental self-regulation higher with more developed metacognitive knowledge and inclusiveness, as well as with a higher efficiency of the metacognitive strategy of cognitive processes correction. The women rate their self-regulation resources higher if they are focused on comparing the parameters of cognitive processes with the results of activity. These studies can be useful for individualizing the psychological preparation of athletes.