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- Title
Game location effect on pre-competition cortisol concentration and anxiety state: A case study in a futsal team.
- Authors
Carolina-Paludo, Ana; Nunes-Rabelo, Felipe; Maciel-Batista, Mayara; Rúbila-Maciel, Isabely; Peikriszwili-Tartaruga, Marcus; Simões, Antonio C.
- Abstract
The main aim of this study was to investigate the game location effect on pre-competition salivary cortisol and state anxiety in professional futsal players. Fourteen male players from a U-20 futsal team were evaluated during four competitive matches played away (n=2) and home (n=2) venues. Saliva samples were collected in order to analyse the salivary cortisol concentrations (sal-C) by the ELISA assay and state anxiety was evaluated using the CSAI-2R questionnaire. All the data collection took place before the pre-match warm-up. Medium and clear increase on sal-C (ES= 0.67; CL= 0.20; 1.14) was observed from home to away venues. Trivial and unclear differences between away and home venues were observed in cognitive anxiety (ES= 0.12; CL= -0.34; 0.57); somatic anxiety (ES= 0.06; CL= -0.40; 0.51) and self-confidence (ES= 0.06; CL= -0.40; 0.51). In conclusion, the data suggested that game location affects hormonal responses; increases in sal-C suggest that playing away represents a more challenging situation in futsal athletes compared to their home venue.
- Subjects
COMPETITIVE state anxiety; INDOOR soccer; HYDROCORTISONE; HUMAN territoriality; PROFESSIONAL athletes; PROFESSIONAL sports; SPORTS psychology
- Publication
Journal of Sport Psychology / Revista de Psicología del Deporte, 2020, Vol 29, Issue 1, p105
- ISSN
1132-239X
- Publication type
Article