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. 2022 Aug 26;19(17):10648. doi: 10.3390/ijerph191710648

Table 4.

Studies with predominantly psychological factors analysis.

Study Sample Main Variables Procedure Results Quality Score
Pastor-Vicedo, Prieto-Ayuso [22] 97 youth football players (from u-10 to u-14 age group), which 18 was identified—talent pool—and 1087 actions. The process of decision-making The Nomination Scale for Identifying Football Talent was utilized to screen the talent pool (n = 18), and the Game Performance Evaluation Tool was used for analyzing the 1087 actions completed. The effectiveness must be more than 80% for children to be considered talented. A greater effectiveness of DMUs was shown in older age groups. 87.5%
Álvarez-Kurogi, Onetti [23] 167 young futsal players from 14 years old to 19 years old (candidates for the Spanish National Futsal Team, competing at the highest level in the U16 and U19 categories) Psychological characteristics and their influence in performance Questionnaires about their physical person (height, weight, age), their social-demographic characteristics as a futsal player and psychological profile. Goalkeepers had the best psychological profile and characteristics related to SP.
Pivots and wing-pivots had less self-confidence, and universals players, less stress control in relation to the rest of the playing positions.
81.3%
Bennett, Novak [24] 328 academy youth soccer players from three developmental stages: late childhood (8.0–10.9 year), early adolescence (11.0–13.9 year) and mid-adolescence (14.0–16.9 year). Decision-making capacity Video-based decision-making assessment, with response accuracy and response time recorded for various attacking situations. Response times were significantly faster in early and mid-adolescent players when compared to those in the late childhood group.
An overall decline in decision-making performance was observed from the 2 vs. 1 to the 4 vs. 3 situations.
75.0%
Duncan, Oppici [25] 23 male futsal athletes (11 players of an expert European futsal team and 12 amateur players-mean age: 28.7 ± 4.9 years). Electro-cortical activity and reaction time Congruent and incongruent trials of a modified Flanker task on a customized computer screen. There was a significant difference in reaction time and error rate in congruent and incongruent task performance, and difference in electro-cortical activity between groups in the performance of both congruent and incongruent tasks. 75.0%
Moreira, Da Silva Matias [26] 30 futsal players aged 9 years from two different teams (15 players in each team). Teaching-learning-training processes in tactical knowledge Global analytical method. Training methods lefted on decision making and development of tactical abilities are indicated to better promote the development of players capable of intelligent and creative actions. 56.3%
Ferreira Junior, de Almeida [47] 9 male sub-20 futsal players, aged between 17 and 20 years. Decision-making capacity and declarative knowledge Questionnaires about decision-making in variable situations. The decision taken for the athlete and its justification, in some situations, were not ideal from the point of view of “experts”. 57.1%