A Study on The Structural Relationship Between The Positive Psychological Capital, Exercise Commitment, and The Perceived Performance of Defeated Taekwondo Athletes

Abstract

This study aims to provide the implications for arranging the improvement strategies of their performance based on the psychological aspects perceived to be suitable for the characteristics of defeated Taekwondo athletes. Then, the researchers were 320 samples which were selected as the final analysis materials by reviewing the data collected, and carried out the frequency analysis, descriptives, reliability analysis, and correlation analysis by using the SPSS Statistics 28.0 and did the CFA (confirmatory factor analysis) and SEM (structural equation modeling) according a measuring modeling by using AMOS 21.0. In addition, they checked on the significance of the indirect effect by utilizing the bootstrapping. The results drawn by such a research course areas follows. First, the positive psychological capital has a positive (+) effect on the exercise commitment of the defeated Taekwondo’s athletes. Second, the positive psychological capital has a positive (+) effect on the performance of defeated Taekwondo athletes. Third, the exercise commitment has a positive (+) effect on the performance of defeated Taekwondo athletes. Fourth, the exercise commitment has a significant mediated effect on the cause-and-effect relationship between the positive psychological capital and performance of defeated Taekwondo athletes.