Relation between Sports Context, Competitive Trait Anxiety, Perceived Ability, and Self-Presentation Confidence

Wong, Eugene H.; Lox, Curt L.; Clark, Steven E.

doi:10.2466/pms.1993.76.3.847

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“…Researchers have consistently reported that participating in sports has been more important to boys than to girls in childhood (Eccles, Wigfield, Harold, & Blumenfeld, 1993;Fredricks & Eccles, 2005;Wigfield, Eccles, Yoon, Harold, Arbreton, Freedman-Doan, & Blumenfeld, 1997) and adolescence (Eccles & Harold, 1991). Yet, it has been shown that women report more competitive anxiety than men (Lorimer, 2006;Wong, Lox, & Clark, 1993) and often underestimate their abilities in competitive situations (Corbin, 1981). Explored in the current study is the issue of whether male and female college students who value athletics show different associations between athletic interest and adjustment.…”

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Gender Differences in the Relationship between Competitiveness and Adjustment among Athletically Identified College Students

Carter

Weissbrod²

2011

PSYCH

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This study explored the relationship between gender and enjoyment of competition and various indicators of mental health and adjustment in a sample of college students who report that they highly value athletics. One hundred and thirty-seven students completed the Sports Anxiety Scale, Multi-perfectionism Scale, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (Trait), Beck Depression Inventory, and Perception of Competition Scale. Results indicated that among women, enjoyment of competition was associated with decreased levels of athletic anxiety and a positive correlation between positive self-perception when winning and self-and socially oriented perfectionism, and between negative perception when losing and self-and socially oriented perfectionism. Among males, enjoyment of competition was related to decreased levels of general anxiety and depression, but not athletic anxiety. Furthermore, among men there was a positive correlation between enjoying competition and self-oriented perfectionism and between negative self-perception when losing and socially-oriented perfectionism. These data indicate gender differentially impacts the benefit of valuing athletics on measures of athletic anxiety and general measures of psychological well being.

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confidence: 81%

Gender Differences in the Relationship between Competitiveness and Adjustment among Athletically Identified College Students

Carter

Weissbrod²

2011

PSYCH

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“…Ainda, em estudo de revisão observa-se que o perfil de humor com instabilidade emocional independe do sexo, modalidade e idade. Somente nos treinos de alta intensidade observou-se um efeito negativo sobre os estados de humor; o beneficio psicológico do indivíduo está na dependência de uma interação ótima entre o atleta, as característi-cas do exercício, o desempenho no esporte e o ambiente [20][21][22][23] . A preocupação nesse estudo visou ao alto rendimento e ao fator tempo de experiência, como variáveis distintas.…”

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Aplicabilidade do Brums: estados de humor em atletas de voleibol e tênis no alto rendimento

Rotta

Rohlfs²,

Oliveira

2014

Rev Bras Med Esporte

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RESUMOIntrodução: Os estados de humor são indicadores que auxiliam sobremaneira o rendimento e a prevenção da saúde do atleta. Objetivo: Analisar a aplicabilidade do instrumento BRUMS na avaliação do perfil de estados de humor em atletas de alto rendimento do sexo masculino, de voleibol n=59 e tênis n=69. Métodos: comparar as variáveis independentes: modalidade esportiva (voleibol e tênis); tempo de prática no alto rendimento (até 2 anos; mais de 2 anos) e categorias de idade (jovens e adultos) com as variáveis dependente do perfil de humor (tensão, depressão, raiva, vigor, fadiga e confusão mental (F= 4.289/p=0.001; Hotelling's Trace = 0.216) and practice time (F= 5.845/p<0.001, Hotelling's Trace = 0.295)

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“…Kirby and Liu (1999) found that athletes engaged in team sports (e.g., basketball) were more anxious and less self-confident than athletes in individual sports (e.g., athletics), regardless of gender. Wong et al (1993) found that the competition trait anxiety was more pronounced in female athletes engaged in individual sports and that their self-confidence is lower than in athletes in team sports. This has been attributed to the diffusion of responsibility in team sports.…”

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Competitive trait anxiety and general self-esteem of athletes according to the sport type and gender

Sanader

Petrović

Bačanac

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Traditionally, anxiety has been interpreted as a negative emotional state characterized by nervousness, worry, fret, uncertainty and vague fear which could have an adverse effect on sports achievement. On the other hand, sport type and its specific nature and demands, may also be connected with the level of state and trait anxiety. This study aimed to investigate potential differences in the competitive trait anxiety level and general self-esteem according to gender in sports of different contact level. The sample consisted of 1024 (590 males and 434 females) young athletes. Independent variables were sport contact level (non-contact, contact and collision sports) and gender. Dependent variables were measured by the adjusted versions of Sport Competition Anxiety Test and Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale. Basic descriptive statistics was calculated for all the groups, and the differences between them were established using χ² test and MANOVA. The results suggest significant differences in trait competitive anxiety per sport type, gender and their interaction, and no differences in the general self-esteem level. The current study reveals that not only the intensity but also the intergroup relationship of a sport contact level (non-contact, contact and collision sports) is gender determined. These findings are important in psycho-diagnostic procedure and choosing appropriate coping strategies for athletes.

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Relation between Sports Context, Competitive Trait Anxiety, Perceived Ability, and Self-Presentation Confidence

Cited by 11 publications

References 6 publications

Gender Differences in the Relationship between Competitiveness and Adjustment among Athletically Identified College Students

Gender Differences in the Relationship between Competitiveness and Adjustment among Athletically Identified College Students

Aplicabilidade do Brums: estados de humor em atletas de voleibol e tênis no alto rendimento

Competitive trait anxiety and general self-esteem of athletes according to the sport type and gender

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