摘要：Stress situations continue to represent an important factor of everyday life.The significance and role of stress are even greater in competitive sports.If not dealt with effectively,the pressure and demands of stress can reach proportions that seriously endanger the competitor.In the present study I examined the types of strategies chess players use in coping with stress situations during a single game aswell as through an entire tournament.In order to attain success,they need to overcome all stress factors.I further examined,to what extent and in what way chess players' coping strategies are effected by the support they have at hand in their social environment.Results obtained were compared with a group of non-chess players.The results have shown that chess players use a specific method of coping,which is,unexpectedly,directed more "away from the problem".The main reason for this may be that a loss of a chess game represents a situation,which is stressful and at the same time unalterable.Social support(emotional and practical) attainable if need be,is perceived to a far greater extent by chess players than by non-chess players.The results attained from this study can be beneficial in the field of sport psychology,which frequently deals with similar performance patterns.
其他摘要：Sodobno vsakdanje življenje vse bolj obkrožajo stresne situacije.Še izrazitejša pa sta vloga in pomen stresa v tekmovalnem športu.Tu so pritiski in zahteve tako velike,da lahko tekmovalca v primeru,da se z njimi ne zna učinkovito spoprijeti,resno ogrožajo.V raziskavi sem preučlevala,kakšne strategije spoprijemanja s stresom uporabljajo šahisti,saj so v stresni situaciji tako med samo partijo,kot tudi tekom celotnega turnirja.Za doseganje uspeha morajo vse stresorje na nek način obvladati.Poleg tega sem preverjala,v kolikšni meri in na kakšen način na njihovo spoprijemanje vpliva opora,ki jim je na voljo v njihovem socialnem okolju.Ugotovitve sem primerjala s skupino nešahistov.Rezultati so pokazali,da šahisti uporabljajo specifične načine obvladovanja stresa,ki pa so presenetljivo,usmerjene bolj "od problema".Glavni vzrok temu je lahko ocena situacije ob izgubi šahovske partije kot stresne in hkrati nespremenljive.Pomembno višje od nešahistov šahisti zaznavajo socialno oporo (čustveno in praktično),ki bi jim bila na voljo,ko bi jo potrebovali.Ugotovitve,ki sem jih izpeljala iz raziskave so lahko še posebej uporabne na področju športne psihologije,kjer se pogosto pojavljajo podobni vedenjski vzorci.
