摘要：Psychological factors contribute significantly to the success of elite sportsmen. Their role in the learning process of new motor activities such as alpine skiing has been investigated less thoroughly. This study investigated differences in relationships linking a fear of injury, selfefficacy, and anxiety in a group of beginning alpine skiing students as a function of gender and level of obtained alpine skiing skills. One hundred twenty-six students without any previous knowledge of alpine skiing participated in the study. Prior to the seven-day learning process, they had filled out three separate questionnaires. After the learning process, participants were graded on a scale of one to five according to their demonstrated knowledge of five selected elements of alpine skiing. On average, gender differences were significant only for the psychological trait fear (p=0.03), which was more pronounced in female participants. Nonetheless, fear did not restrict their ability to learn this new motor activity. The only statistically significant correlation was observed between self-efficacy and parallel turn (r=0.21), indicating that learners who are more self-confident achieve better results in more complex elements of alpine skiing technique. Also, when male participants were analysed separately, significant correlations were obtained between anxiety and up-hill turn (r=0.20), as well as between self-efficacy and parallel turn (r=0.23), suggesting that the aforementioned characteristics help students grasp more dynamic elements of skiing. This research provides further insight on how, after the sevenday learning process, alpine skiing performance depends upon an individual skier's psychological dimensions.
关键词：novice skier; learning process;gender differences; anxiety;self-efficacy; fear
