부산대학교 도서관

The purpose of this study was to examine the self-perceived stress level of badminton coaches and their coping behavior in an effort to suggest an ideal stress-coping behavior appropriate for badminton coaches to help improve their job satisfaction.The subjects in this study were 107 badminton coaches who worked in elementary and secondary schools. The selected badminton coaches participated in the National Badminton League in the spring of 2009 and the 38th National Junior Sport Festival.The reliability of the instrument used to gather data was above .684. As a result of analyzing the collected data, the following findings were given:First, concerning self-perceived stress by gender, the female coaches found themselves to suffer more stress in every regard than the males. By age, the younger coaches deemed themselves to have more stress in every aspect except economy/welfare. By academic credential, the less- educated coaches considered themselves more stressed out with interpersonal relationship. As to the influence of whom to teach, the coaches who taught elementary and middle schoolers found themselves to have more stress in every regard than those who instructed high schoolers.Second, as for stress-coping behavior by gender, inactive coping, one of the subfactors of stress-coping behavior, was more prevalent among the females than the males. Age and academic credential made no statistically significant differences to that. As to the impact of whom to teach, the coaches who instructed school children excelled those who taught high schoolers in self-regulating behavior, one of the subfactors of stress-coping behavior.Third, how stress affected active coping, one of the subfactors of stress-coping behavior, was checked, and the economy/welfare factor and physique/physical fitness factor had a statistically significant impact on that, and the subfactors of stress exerted no statistically significant influence on inactive coping. Concerning the impact of stress on self- regulating behavior, the economy/welfare factor, physique/physical fitness factor, competitive anxiety factor and factor of others' expectations had a statistically significant impact on that. Regarding the influence of stress on avoidant behavior, the competitive anxiety factor and physique/ physical fitness factor affected it in a statistically significant manner.