Anxiety in female college basketball

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https://doi.org/10.6063/motricidade.21074

Abstract

Anxiety can significantly influence the athlete's performance in the game. The objective of this study was to analyze the trait anxiety and state anxiety related to the competitive situation and correlate it between anxiety and self-confidence variables. Thirty-three college basketball student-athletes (21.61; SD= 2.72 years old) were evaluated using sample characterization questionnaires, SCAT, and CSAI-2 in 3 collection moments (baseline, pre-game, and post-game). The results showed: a) no statistically significant difference in the three moments analyzed in the trait anxiety, with statistically significant correlations with cognitive Anxiety and self-confidence (r= 0.389 e 0-414, respectively); b) in somatic Anxiety, there was a statistically significant difference between baseline, pre-game and post-game levels,  with statistically significant correlations with cognitive Anxiety (r= 0.313) and self-confidence (r= -0.511); c) in cognitive Anxiety, there was a statistically significant difference between baseline, pre-game and post-game levels, with significant correlations with self-confidence (r= 0.289). This research, which evaluated Anxiety in competitive situations, makes possible the identification of these variations over time in order to provide important data for the coaching staff, thus improving intervention strategies for the athlete's performance of college sport.

Keywords: Sport psychology, Trait anxiety, State anxiety, College basketball, Student-Athlete.

Author Biography

Paula Teixeira Fernandes, Unicamp

Psychologist graduated in 1997 from PUC-Campinas. Master and PhD in Medical Sciences - Neuroscience, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP). She is an associate professor of the Faculty of Physical Education at UNICAMP, Department of Sports Science. She has been working in Sport Psychology, Psychology and Behavioral Neuroscience, working mainly in areas related to: cognitive and psychological assessment, quality of life, depression, motivation, anxiety and neuroimaging. It also operates in the area of epilepsy and stroke, along with the Department of Neurology, FCM - UNICAMP, highlighting the stigma and the psychological aspects of these conditions. She was president of ASPE, Assistência à Saúde de Pacientes Com Epilepsia, an NGO composed of volunteers whose mission is to promote biopsychosocial health for people with epilepsy and stroke and their families.

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Published

2021-03-31

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Vol. 17 No. 1 (2021): Motricidade

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Original Article

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