Model of Sport Progress Based on Strategic Performance Test: Moderating Role of Self-Compassion

Self-Compassion as a powerful source of regulating and controlling of athletechr('39')s emotions behavior has wide application. Therefore, the purpose of this research was examining the model of sport progress based on strategic performance test with moderating role of self-compassion.

The present study is of the correlation type. The statistical population included all professional athletes in Golestan province, which 301 athlete were selected as a statistical sample by simple random sampling method. The research instruments included Thomas Strategic Performance Test Questionnaire (TOPS) and a modified version of the Self-Compassion Scale (SCC). SPSS software and AMOS were used to analyze the data.

The results showed that sports performance had a significant effect on self-compassion (β=0.33, P≤0.01) and self-compassion on sports success (β=0.54, P≤0.01).

Therefore, considering that self-compassion had a significant effect on sports performance, so it is suggested that the use of compassion to deal with the consequences of negative thoughts and motivate athletes to increase the range of championship sports.