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- Title
The Relationship Between Stress and Coping in Table Tennis.
- Authors
Kurimay, Dora; Pope-Rhodius, Alison; Kondric, Miran
- Abstract
The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between cognitive competitive anxiety intensity and coping strategies in table tennis players. One hundred and two (102) US competitive table tennis players of age range from 10 to 60 filled out a Revised Competitive State Anxiety Inventory-2 (CSAI-2R, ) at least 30 minutes before the start of their tournament match and a Modified Cope questionnaire (MCOPE; Crocker and Graham, 1995) 15 minutes after they finished their match. Our study found significant differences between low and high cognitive competitive anxiety groups with regard to the use of coping strategies. The high cognitive competitive anxiety intensity group used significantly more behavioral disengagement (avoidance coping, p ≤ 0.05), denial coping strategies (emotion focused coping, p ≤ 0.01) compared to the low cognitive anxiety intensity group. Our results suggest that there is some connection between anxiety intensity and coping strategies. If the cognitive anxiety intensity (for example, intensity from worrying) is very high, an athlete might be more likely to use avoidance coping (such as behavioral disengagement) and emotion-focused coping (such as denial and venting of emotions) compared to athletes who have low cognitive competitive anxiety. Furthermore, gender differences in cognitive anxiety and direction were found. Confidence management techniques such as positive self-talk, breathing techniques and visualization should be taught to athletes to assist them in coping with their competitive anxiety better and to enhance their performance.
- Subjects
TABLE tennis players; COMPETITIVE state anxiety; PSYCHOLOGICAL stress; TOUGHNESS (Personality trait); TENNIS players; PSYCHOLOGICAL adaptation; PSYCHOLOGY
- Publication
Journal of Human Kinetics, 2017, Vol 55, Issue 1, p75
- ISSN
1640-5544
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1515/hukin-2017-0007