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- Title
Precompetitive anxiety in young swimmers: analysis of perceived competition difficulty.
- Authors
Barbosa-Granados, Sergio; Arenas-Granada, Jaime; Urrea, Héctor; García-Mas, Alexandre; Reyes-Bossio, Mario; Herrera-Velásquez, Diana; Nanez, Jonathan; Aguirre-Loaiza, Haney
- Abstract
Anxiety in sports has been widely studied by professionals in sports sciences. However, the effect of perceived difficulty and Traitanxiety on precompetitive State-anxiety is unknown. Through a non-experimental and longitudinal design, this article studied: (i)the effect of perceived competition difficulty (easy, moderate, and hard) on State-anxiety and, (ii)the effect of Trait-anxiety, sex, and age on the behavior of State-anxiety. Seventy-nine young swimmers (Mage= 13.3, SD= 1.9) male (n= 58, 73.4%) and female (n= 21, 26.6%) were assessed via the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI). The Anova and Manova indicated that the perceived difficulty of the competition affects State-anxiety. Therefore, a higher perception of task difficulty is associated with higher State-anxiety. Additionally, the interaction of sex, age and Traitanxiety did not show an effect on State-anxiety (p> .05). The interaction of age and Trait-anxiety showed an effect (p> .05). A main effect of Trait-Anxiety on State-anxiety was observed in the perception of easy and hard difficulty. In conclusion, the perceived difficulty of the competition affects the athlete's State-anxiety.
- Subjects
ANXIETY; PERFORMANCE anxiety; STATE-Trait Anxiety Inventory; SWIMMERS; PROFESSIONAL sports; SPORTS sciences; SPORTS psychology
- Publication
Retos: Nuevas Perspectivas de Educación Física, Deporte y Recreación, 2022, Vol 45, p651
- ISSN
1579-1726
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.47197/retos.v45i0.90934