Matej Tušak

University of Ljubljana · Faculty of Sport

The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between employees’ work performance and their well-being, job satisfaction, and life satisfaction in sedentary jobs in Slovenian enterprises using a mixed-methods research design. The quantitative component of the research included the responses to four selected questionnaires of 120 employe...

Motivation variables in 11 motivational instruments of 357 Slovenian male athletes (168 elite and 189 young athletes from age 12–14) in nine different sport disciplines (basketball, football, handball, water polo, ice hockey, ski jumping, alpine skiing, sport climbing, and judo) were obtained. Different concepts of motivation were researched, such...

Background: Sambo is a martial art and combat sport that originated in the Soviet Union. There are two main stiles, Sport Sambo and Combat Sambo which resembles modern mixed martial arts. Very little literature is available about physiological aspects of Sambo and, in particular, on the possible effects on cognitive domains. The purpose of the pres...

Background: Sambo is a martial art and combat sport that originated in the Soviet Union. There are two main stiles, Sport Sambo and Combat Sambo which resembles modern mixed martial arts. Very little literature is available about physiological aspects of Sambo and, in particular, on the possible effects on cognitive domains. The purpose of the pre...

Sport performance is characterized by competitive stressful conditions that elicit emotional states. The purpose of the study was to examine whether stress mediated the relationship between mood states and performance. Thirty-two elite canoe polo players from four different Italian teams (16 senior males and 16 senior females), aged between 29 and...

The present review aims to examine the effects of high blood lactate levels in healthy adult humans, for instance, after a period of exhaustive exercise, on the functioning of the cerebral cortex. In some of the examined studies, high blood lactate levels were obtained not only through exhaustive exercise but also with an intravenous infusion of la...

The present study was carried out among 20 healthy young male athletes to determine whether aerobic exercise performed at two different intensities is able to affect executive functions. For this purpose, we used the Stroop Color Word Test (SCWT) to evaluate the ability to inhibit cognitive interference and the Trail Making Test (TMT) to assess org...

The chief aim of this study was to analyze secondary healthcare providers' efficiency, focusing on the efficiency analysis of Slovene general hospitals. We intended to present a complete picture of technical, allocative, and cost or economic efficiency of general hospitals. Methods We researched the aspects of efficiency with two econometric metho...

Living and Surviving stress, About stress and the consequences of stress as a human, as an employee and on company and society. We are talking about stress reactions, about stressors, about eustress and distress, about stress corelations, about constructive and unconstructive reactions. We are offering the recipes for efficient coping stress strate...

Aim The economic evaluation of medical programs applies procedures that search for and ensure the cheapest methods of medical treatment with the best feasible health results. The aim of this study was to thoroughly examine both the costs and results of medical outcomes, which were based upon two alternative methods of treatment. The purpose was to...

Stress is a kind of psychosyndrom, which includes three general phazes: alarm, adaptation and exhaustion. Stressors represents a threat to every human. We adapt on stressors with different adapation mechanisms. When stressors last too long, they can hurt human health. The consequences could be acute or shortlasting, in extreme situation they can ca...

Unhealthy lifestyle is normally associated with lack of physical activity, risky lifestyle, unhealthy diet and lack of health care. But people are usually not aware of the impact of their thoughts on their wellbeing. Negative mind patterns and way of thinking may cause negative feelings and emotions, which enhance stress and can lead to psychosomat...

The data in Slovenia show that three quarters of employees experience sress in their workplace and that mental problems are one of the most common causes for absence from work. Absenteesim – absence from work – reduces organizational capacities to reach its goals and brings many direct and indirect costs on all levels: employers, organization, heal...

Exercise is an essential aspect of active life that helps with balance and physical and mental well-being in all stages of life. Physical activity, comprising various forms of movements that cause increased heartbeat, has many positive effects on physical health, and lack of movement has been scientifically proven to accelerate disease. Research in...

Exercise is an essential aspect of active life that helps with balance and physical and mental well-being in all stages of life. Physical activity, comprising various forms of movements that cause increased heartbeat, has many positive effects on physical health, and lack of movement has been scientifically proven to accelerate disease. Research in...

Slovenia is an example of bad practice of health management in the workplace, increase in stress and mental problems are observed. Regulatory requirements specify: by preparing a plan of health promotion the employer must systematically carry out activities and take certain measures for the preservation enhancement of physical and mental health of...

Introduction: This article relates to the field of studying the impact of business process reengineering on technical efficiency. The reengineering method demonstrates its impact on selected business process, which is knee arthroscopy surgery. The impact of business process reengineering is studied on the example of a typical Slovenian general hosp...

In recent years, biofeedback has become increasingly popular for its proven success in peak performance training - the psychophysiological preparation of athletes for high-stakes sport competitions, such as the Olympic games. The aim of this research was to test whether an 8-week period of exposure to biofeedback training could improve the psychoph...

Psychological stress is one of our biggest enemy in top sport. It takes a lot of our mental and biological energy, which is esspecially important when it comes to top competitions. It gives us the feelings of insecure which lead us to the lack of self confidence. Sport psychologists invented few principles and methods to reduce and coping stress on...

Psychosocial risk factors are the factors that include the characteristics of employees and their working environment in the psycho-socio-demographic variables that could worsen the psychophysical state of workers, mostly by increasing their perception of stress, but could also result in burnout, absenteeism, presenteeism, fluctuation, and troubles...

The aim of this research was to investigate the causes of the emergence of sports injuries and to explain the differences in psychological response with regard to the severity of the injury. We examined 68 competing Slovene athletes with surgically treated knee injury. The estimated time of rehabilitation of the more severely injured athletes was s...

Unhealthy lifestyle is normally associated with lack of physical activity, risky lifestyle, unhealthy diet and lack of health care. But on the other hand, usually people are not familiar with fact that their mind patterns and way of thinking may cause negative feeling and emotions, which enhance stress and can lead to psychosomatic disorders and ca...

Objective. The majority of the literature regarding sports injuries is concentrated on specific characteristics related to sports injuries and injuries at sport activities at all. We strove to establish whether the success of the rehabilitation process can be predicted based on numerous psychosocial variables. Methods. Our sample comprised of 68 co...

Običajni stil sodobnega življenja nas nenehno obremenjuje s stresom, skrbmi in odgovornostmi. Vedenjski vzorci so se zaradi vse večje tekmovalnosti in potrebe po dosežkih v družbi močno spremenili. Ljudje so neredko zaradi službe in vsakodnevnih delovnih obveznosti tako utrujeni in izčrpani, da jim najlažjo alternativo preživljanja prostega časa pr...

Background: In the light of the subjective theories of pre-school teachers and their assistants, the authors highlight the problem of children spending quality time in kindergartens and the associated acceptance of a lifestyle by pre-schoolchildren. By identifying differences in opinions, attitudes and habits in the pre-school teachers and their as...

Purpose: The objective of the research was to find a correlation between motor abilities and working efficiency of soldiers in a battle unit of Slovenia Armed Forces (SAF). Methods: The subject consisted of 115 soldiers (age=27.1±3.7 years) who were serving in the first brigade of the SAF. Motor abilities were measured with 11 motor tests, assessin...

The purpose of this research was to study the motives for sports participation, general health status, attitudes to sport, general satisfaction with life and self-motivation. Factorial structure of the sport participation motives, the differences of the incentive systems among the employees and the correlation between the incentive systems and othe...

The purpose of this study was to find out the sports students’ motives for participating in table tennis sport course at the Faculty of Kinesiology in Zagreb. The research aim was to provide findings for better planning of the programs. The subjects of this research were 138 students (114 males & 24 females), who took the course in table tennis at...

The aim of the study was to examine the effects of head-down bed rest on psychological well-being in young healthy subjects. Head-down tilting bed rest (BR) is a well-accepted method by which to simulate an acute stage of human adaptation to the microgravity in space fligh ts and also an important model to study consequences of physical inactivity...

Our self-concept is how we see ourselves in our minds. The goal of this research was to discover any significant differences in the dimensions of self-concept between clinical nurses employed in an intensive care unit in Slovenia and Slovenian women from the general population, who represented the control group. The research included 603 women aged...

Long-duration weightlessness simulated by bed rest represents an important model to study the consequences of physical inactivity and sedentarism on the human body. This study evaluated changes of mood status, psychological well-being, coping strategies and physical self in ten healthy young male subjects during a 35-day horizontal bed rest. Partic...

We conducted research in order to assess the relation and intensity of the correlation between perceptive abilities and the specific motor abilities of sitting-volleyball players. Our sample consisted of 68 subjects that are the best registered sitting-volleyball players in Bosnia and Herzegovina. This study describes this sample using one variable...

Long-duration weightlessness simulated by bed rest represents an important model to study the consequences of physical inactivity and sedentarism on the human body. This study evaluated changes of mood status, psychological well-being, coping strategies and physical self in ten healthy young male subjects during a 35-day horizontal bed rest. Partic...

The aim of the study was to examine the effects of head-down bed rest on psychological well-being in young healthy subjects. Head-down tilting bed rest (BR) is a well-accepted method by which to simulate an acute stage of human adaptation to the microgravity in space flights and also an important model to study consequences of physical inactivity a...

Objective: The aim of the study was to examine the effects of prolonged physical inactivity on the subject’s level of anxiety, emotional regulation and control, and concentration ability. Methods: Horizontal bed rest (BR) is a well-accepted method to simulate an acute stage of human adaptation to the microgravity in space flights, and also an imp...

The psychological condition of astronauts is an important factor contributing to mission success in limitedspace. Bed rest is a well-accepted method by which an acute stage of human adaptation to weightlessness in spaceflights is simulated, as well as an important model to study consequences of physical inactivity and sedentary inactivity on human...

Abstract: The aim of this study was to research into the interconnection of an athlete’s identity and his/her state and trait anxiety. There were 410 athletes included. 67.4% of them were male athletes and 30% were female athletes. The sample included athletes of different quality classes (world class, international class, national class, perspecti...

The purpose of the study was to establish the values of the variables of the psychological area in predicting the potential competitive performance of cross-country skiers. The psychological area, encompassing 24 variables, was studied within the model of potential performance MMPS. The sample consisted of 48 cross-country skiers of three competiti...

The purpose of the study was to establish the values of the variables of the psychological area in pre-dicting the potential competitive performance of cross-country skiers. The psychological area, encompass-ing 24 variables, was studied within the model of potential performance MMPS. The sample consisted of 48 cross-country skiers of three competi...

The aim of this study was to research into the interconnection of an athlete's identity and his/her state and trait anxiety. There were 410 athletes included. 67.4% of them were male athletes and 30% were female athletes. The sample included athletes of different quality classes (world class, international class, national class, perspective class,...

Psychologie osobnosti ve sportu, zabývající se specifickým psychologickým profilem špičkového sportovce, je velmi zajímavá. Náš výzkum byl zaměřen na osobnost horolezců. Horolezectví je velmi specifická sportovní disciplína. Ačkoliv v něm sotva můžeme hovořit o klasickém soutěžení, je čím dál tím více považováno za sport. Objevují se nové možnosti...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the interconnection between athletic identity and athlete's personality. It included 330 athletes which could be categorised into world, international, perspective and state class. There were 229 males (69 %) and 101 (31 %) female athletes participating, and the following inventories were used: the Slove...

The psychological dimension of self-concept is one of the most important for achieving top sports results. The goal of the research was to analyse and compare the self-concept of female and male sport dancers in relation to other top-level athletes (track-and-field, skiing) and other non-athletes of both genders. The research included 283 individua...

The psychological dimension of self-concept is one of the most important for achieving top sports results. The goal of the research was to analyse and compare the self-concept of female and male sport dancers in relation to other top-level athletes (track-and-field, skiing) and other non-athletes of both genders. The research included 283 individua...

The research investigated personality traits of high-risk sports athletes. The aim was to investigate the personality dimensions and compare the results to the results of non-risk sports athletes and non-athletes. Thirty eight high-risk sports athletes participated in the research (alpinists, sky divers, paragliders, white--water kayakers, downhill...

The research investigated personality traits of high-risk sports athletes. The aim was to investigate the personality dimensions and compare the results to the results of non-risk sports athletes and non-athletes. Thirty eight high-risk sports athletes participated in the research (alpinists, sky divers, paragliders, white-water kayakers, downhill...

Sport psychology in the area of personality is very interesting about the specific psychological profile of elite athletes. Are the athletes specific, different personalities? Is it possible to say that top sport involvement change human personality? What kind of personality is an elite athlete? What are the differences between athletes and non-ath...

The purpose of this research was to study the motives for sports participation, general health status, attitudes to sport, general satisfaction with life and self-motivation. Factorial structure of the sport participation motives, the differences of the incentive systems among the employees and the correlation between the incentive systems and othe...