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- Title
Salivary Hormone and Anxiety Responses to Free-Throw Shooting Competition in Collegiate Female Basketball Players.
- Authors
Madrigal, Leilani A.; Wilson, Patrick B.
- Abstract
This study assessed the hormonal and psychological responses to a free-throw shooting competition in twelve NCAA Division I female collegiate basketball players. Salivary cortisol, alpha-amylase, and testosterone were collected before and after the competition, in addition to a self-reported measure of anxiety. Using nonparametric statistics, cortisol (Z = -3.06, p = .002) and testosterone (Z = -2.67, p = .008) levels were significantly higher precompetition compared with postcompetition. There were no statistically significant differences between winners and losers for anxiety or hormone responses. Concentration disruption (rho = .63, p = .03) and total competitive anxiety (rho = .68, p = .02) were positively correlated with precompetition cortisol. Concentration disruption also correlated positively with postcompetition cortisol (rho = .62 p = .03) and postcompetition testosterone (rho = .64, p = .03). Future studies are needed to examine the psychological and physiological stress responses of basketball players during different competition tasks.
- Subjects
COMPETITIVE state anxiety; BASKETBALL players; SPORTS psychology; ALPHA-amylase; PHYSIOLOGICAL stress; PSYCHOLOGY
- Publication
Journal of Clinical Sport Psychology, 2017, Vol 11, Issue 3, p240
- ISSN
1932-9261
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1123/jcsp.2016-0034