Competitive anxiety in athletes

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Main Author: Amaro, Rita
Publication Date: 2023
Other Authors: Brandão, Tânia
Format: Article
Language: eng
Source: Repositórios Científicos de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP)
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Summary: Competitive anxiety is an important issue in sport psychology since it is capable of influencing athletes’ performance. This study aims to examine the role of emotion regulation and personality in explaining individual differences in competitive anxiety of athletes, considering their sex and sport modality. A total of 101 athletes (50.5% males), aged between 18 and 69 years (M = 26.22; SD = 0.99), were included in this cross-sectional study. They filled out self-report scales on emotion regulation, personality, and competitive anxiety. Multiple regressions were used to analyze the data. Results partially supported our hypotheses. While sex differences were found in competitive anxiety, with women experiencing higher cognitive and somatic anxiety and lower self-confidence in comparison to men, no differences were found according to sport modality. Additionally, cognitive reappraisal was significantly associated with self-confidence, whereas neuroticism and extroversion were significantly associated with competitive anxiety dimensions
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Competitive anxiety in athletes
title Competitive anxiety in athletes
spellingShingle Competitive anxiety in athletes
Amaro, Rita
Emotion regulation
Personality
Competitive anxiety
title_short Competitive anxiety in athletes
title_full Competitive anxiety in athletes
title_fullStr Competitive anxiety in athletes
title_full_unstemmed Competitive anxiety in athletes
title_sort Competitive anxiety in athletes
author Amaro, Rita
author_facet Amaro, Rita
Brandão, Tânia
author_role author
author2 Brandão, Tânia
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Amaro, Rita
Brandão, Tânia
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Emotion regulation
Personality
Competitive anxiety
topic Emotion regulation
Personality
Competitive anxiety
description Competitive anxiety is an important issue in sport psychology since it is capable of influencing athletes’ performance. This study aims to examine the role of emotion regulation and personality in explaining individual differences in competitive anxiety of athletes, considering their sex and sport modality. A total of 101 athletes (50.5% males), aged between 18 and 69 years (M = 26.22; SD = 0.99), were included in this cross-sectional study. They filled out self-report scales on emotion regulation, personality, and competitive anxiety. Multiple regressions were used to analyze the data. Results partially supported our hypotheses. While sex differences were found in competitive anxiety, with women experiencing higher cognitive and somatic anxiety and lower self-confidence in comparison to men, no differences were found according to sport modality. Additionally, cognitive reappraisal was significantly associated with self-confidence, whereas neuroticism and extroversion were significantly associated with competitive anxiety dimensions
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