INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIP IN WELL-BEING OF GYMNAST ATHLETES

Abstract Gymnastics can be can be challenging and even unsafe and stressfull related to intense pressure to succeed, and embarrassment of poor performance in a competition (White & Bennie, 2015). A lot of studies have been argued that these are opportunities to develop psychological skills and characteristics that can be translated into behaviors that may be useful throughout the athlete’s lifetime (White & Bennie, 2015). For example, gymnastics can aid in the development of coping strategies, to manage stress occuried the games (Thelwell, Such, Wetson, Such & Greenlees, 2010). White and collegues (2015) found that because gymnasts perform in competitions at a young age, they subsequently develop self-confidence as a result of being exposed to and handling this unique pressure, and they concluded that the athletic atmosphere, the relationships between the athletes, coaches and peers, along with the coaching styles they experience, have been shown to influence the progression of the athlete’s self-efficacy and resilience (White & Bennie, 2015). In the article, interpersonal relations are analyzed as one of the factors that determine the success of gymnasts, and the ideas and thoughts existing in the scientific and psychological literature in this direction are systematized. As it is known, events occurring in the environment, as well as the behavior of people around them, affect gymnasts. These factors can manifest themselves in both positive and negative directions. It is true that one issue should be kept in mind here that although this does not affect the behavior of elite athletes, it directly affects the results of inexperienced athletes who have just started gymnastics. It is noted that, in addition to the mentioned, it has an important influence on this process in family relations. Establishing interpersonal relations in the family in the right direction has a positive effect on both the moral and psychological state of the athlete, as well as on his interactions with teammates. The presence of family relationships, the sincere attitude of parents to their children and their support in this way, of course, have a positive effect on both the personality qualities of athletes and the results of competitions. One of the factors that have an important influence on the social psychological preparation of gymnasts is the coach-athlete relationship.