SOCIOLINGUISTIC BARRIERS AND PSYCHOLOGICAL COPING STRATEGIES AMONG ELITE UZBEK ATHLETES IN INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS
Valiyeva Gulbakhor Abdujalilovna
Objective: This study investigates the psychological adaptation mechanisms of 22 elite athletes from the National Team of Uzbekistan when operating in a linguistically foreign environment. Method: Using a combined approach of a sociolinguistic survey and a modified V.V. Boyko methodology, the res...