THE PROMOTING EFFECT OF OLYMPIC PAINTING WORKS IN THE ART MARKET ON ATHLETES' SELF AWARENESS

Abstract

Objective: The goal of this research is to investigate the promotion impact of Olympic painting works on athletes' self-awareness through the dissemination of art in the art market. Method: 64 athletes at or above the second level were recruited from a sports university and assigned at random to an Olympic painting and a regular group, with 32 athletes in each group. Grounded on the regular training, the Olympic Painting Group received an additional 30 minutes of appreciation of Olympic paintings every day for 4 weeks. The study used tools such as the Profile of Mood States (POMS), Athlete Burnout Questionnaire (ABQ), Rating of Perceived Fatigue (RPE), Competitive State Anxiety Inventory-2 (CSAI-2), and Sport Mental Toughness Questionnaire (SMTQ) to assess the psychological state of athletes. Meanwhile, tools such as the Self-Regulation Questionnaire (SRQ), Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (CERQ), and Exercise Self Efficacy Scale (ESES) were applied to evaluate the effectiveness of self-regulation. Result: The outcomes indicated that the Olympic painting group had significantly lower scores in the five dimensions of POMS: stress, irritability, exhaustion, sadness, and anxiety, while the scores in the two dimensions of vitality and self-worth increased significantly. The emotional/physical exhaustion, decreased sense of achievement, and negative evaluation of sports in the Olympic painting group were significantly lower than those in the regular group. The rating of the Olympic painting group substantially dropped. The scores of physical anxiety, cognitive anxiety, and self-confidence in the Olympic painting group were substantially worse than the contrast group. The Olympic painting group scored substantially better than the regular group in the dimensions of confidence, firmness, and control. The Olympic painting group significantly improved its scores in emotional regulation, attention control, and behavioral control dimensions. The positive cognitive and emotional regulation score of the Olympic painting group increased, while the negative cognitive and emotional regulation score decreased. The score of the Olympic painting group was significantly higher than that of the regular group after intervention. After intervention, there showed a difference of significance (P<0.05) between Olympic paintings and the regular group. Conclusion: The dissemination of Olympic paintings in the art market has a significant promoting effect on athletes' self-awareness. Appreciating Olympic paintings can notably enhance the psychological state of athletes.