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- Title
DOES PRECOMPETITIVE ANXIETY AFFECT PERCEIVED COMPETITIVE EFFICACY OF VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS?
- Authors
Jurko, Damir; Nešić, Goran; Stojanović, Toplica
- Abstract
Sixty minutes before their match, 47 senior male volleyball players filled out the CSAI2R questionnaire for assessing the level and the direction of somatic and cognitive anxiety and self-confidence. Volleyball players, on average, have a low level of somatic and cognitive anxiety (just over the minimum values), and a high level of self-confidence. On average, the participants perceive somatic and cognitive anxiety as something that has a slightly positive impact on their performance, while self-confidence has a moderately positive impact on their performance. For the purposes of further data analysis, the participants were classified into two groups. The first group included volleyball players (N=31) who, following the match, evaluated their performance as above average. The second group included volleyball players (N=16) who evaluated their performance as below average. There were no significant differences in the level and directionality of separate anxiety components and self-confidence found by an independent sample T-test between the two groups of volleyball players. In order to emphasize the differences between the groups, the analysis of differences was performed between 5 volleyball players who evaluated their performance as excellent and 5 volleyball players who evaluated their performance as very poor. Players who, just after the match, evaluated their performance as very poor, had a significantly higher level of cognitive anxiety prior to the match, in comparison to players who evaluated their performance as excellent. The obtained results confirm the negative relationship of the cognitive anxiety component and situational efficacy.
- Publication
Facta Universitatis: Series Physical Education & Sport, 2013, Vol 11, Issue 1, p57
- ISSN
1451-740X
- Publication type
Academic Journal