The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships of achievement goal orientations and perceived motivational climate to perceptions of the intensity and direction of competitive state anxiety in a sample of university athletes representing various team sports. Although some studies have demonstrated that task orientation and mastery climate are associated with adaptive emotional patte...

This meta-analysis (k = 48) investigated two relationships in competitive sport: (1) state cognitive anxiety with performance and (2) state self-confidence with performance. The cognitive anxiety mean effect size was r = -0.10 (P < 0.05). The self-confidence mean effect size was r = 0.24 (P < 0.001). A paired-samples t-test revealed that the magnitude of the self-confidence mean effect size was...

introduction: one of the reasons people do not refer to dental offices is anxiety over pain. preoperative education is one of non-pharmacological methods to treat anxiety. this study evaluated the effect of preoperative education on decreasing state and trait anxiety in patients referring to a dental surgery center. materials and methods: the subjects in this clinical trial consisted of all the...

This study arose as a result of two squash players, one male one female, seeking advice on how to improve their mental approach to playing. They both felt that their game suffered badly through too much anxiety. After preliminary interviews it was decided to use a programme of stress inoculation training to help them learn to control their anxiety. In order to obtain baseline measures of anxiet...

Objectives. To investigate equivocal findings within the literature addressing the relationship between competitive anxiety responses and psychological skills. Intensity (i.e. level) and direction (i.e. interpretation of intensity as facilitative or debilitative) dimensions of competitive state anxiety and self-confidence were examined in performers with different levels of psychological skills...

The purpose of study was to investigate the feeling of anxiety by male and female volleyball players before and during the competition. The Competitive State Anxiety Inventory – 2 (CSAI-2) by Martens, et al, (1990) was used to assess and compare the anxiety level of male and female volleyball players before and during competition. Forty-two (20 female and 22 male) volleyball players, between th...

To study the influence of age and gender on pre-competitive post-competitive anxiety self-confidence in young tennis players. A total 42 U’12 to U’18 category players, 12 females 30 males, participated this cross-sectional study. The players had a mean 13.74 (2.07) years old national competitive experience 4.00 (2.14) years. participants was assessed using Competitive State Anxiety Inventory–2R...

objective: this study was performed to survey the relationship between coaches’ and athletes’ competitive anxiety, and their performance. methods: this is a descriptive correlational study performed using a demographic questionnaire, an athletic performance checklist, and sport competition anxiety test designed by martens consisting of 15 questions. the study population consisted of 540 players...