Abstract

All the sport psychological work taking place in this department is characterized by taking the standpoint of mental hygiene in sport. This stresses the identification and active modification of psychological factors inhibiting or impeding training work and performance in sport. A timely recognition of problematic psychological points can prevent them from getting worse. This aim is implemented by a systematic psychological checkup of athletes, which became the rountine of the Institute recently. This report illustrates the observable tendencies of psychic condition in the athletes participating in this screening procedure by using a smaller sample. The integrated results of psychological tests (MMPI, PFT, Luescher, Wartegg, Raven, Bourdon), controlled interview, exploration sociometry and the inventory of My sport career are categorized in five groups. The illustration sample of 120 subjects had the distribution: sine morbo (24 Ss, 20 ), free of complaints (41 Ss, 34 ), problem carriers(21 Ss, 17 ), provided with therapeutical advice (29 Ss, 34 ), and diagnostic procedure discontinued (5 Ss, 4 ). In the second phase of our sport mental hygienic work efforts are made to readjust the psychological factors causing the disturbance. Verf.-Referat (gekuerzt)