title: The impact of cognitive processors and conative regulators on specific motor abilities in boxers.
abstract: The aim of the study was to analyze the relations of cognitive processors and conative regulators with specific motor abilities of elite boxers. Three sets of variables including 3 cognitive and 6 conative variables as predictors, and 6 specific motor (boxing) variables as criteria were used in a sample of 92 boxers. A series of regression analyses between the set of cognitive variables and particular criterion variables revealed a predominant impact of serial processor on specific motor abilities based primarily on specific speed (frequency of boxing technique performance). The series of regression analyses also showed a predominant negative impact of dysregulation of the organ function regulators from the set of conative variables on the manifestation of specific motor abilities in boxers. The data obtained in the study were used to develop an alternative model of the motor - cognitive - conative processes in boxing.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Natural Sciences, Mathematics and Kinesiology, University of Split, Split, Croatia. d. katic@pmfst.hr
authors.forename: Ratko
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Katić
authors.forename: Stipe
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Blazević
authors.forename: Nebojsa
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Zagorac
mesh_terms: D000374:Aggression / Q000502:physiology / Q000523:psychology; D001914:Boxing / Q000502:physiology / Q000523:psychology*; D003071:Cognition; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009048:Motor Skills; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests