TY - JOUR
TI - Competitive state anxiety and performance in young female rhythmic gymnasts
AU - Tsopani, D.
AU - Dallas, G.
AU - Skordilis, E.K.
JO - PERCEPTUAL AND MOTOR SKILLS
PY - 2011
VL - 112
TODO - 2
SP - 549-560
PB - 
SN - 0031-5125
TODO - 10.2466/05.09.20.PMS.112.2.549-560
TODO - anxiety;  arousal;  article;  athletic performance;  child;  competitive behavior;  female;  human;  personality test;  physical education;  psychological aspect;  psychometry;  self concept;  statistics, Anxiety;  Arousal;  Athletic Performance;  Child;  Competitive Behavior;  Female;  Gymnastics;  Humans;  Personality Inventory;  Psychometrics;  Self Concept
TODO - The study was designed to examine the competitive state anxiety and self-confidence of rhythmic gymnasts participating in the Greek national competition. 86 participants, ages 11 and 12 years, completed the Competitive State Anxiety Inventory-2, 1 hr. before competition. The athletes, classified by performance (high and low performance) and participation in the finals (finalists and nonfi- nalists), responded to the three subscales: Cognitive Anxiety, Somatic Anxiety, and Self-confidence. Analyses indicated diff erences in Self-confidence between high versus low performance groups and finalists versus nonfinalists. No significant differences were found on Cognitive and Somatic Anxiety. In a regression analysis, Self-confidence was the only significant predictor of performance for this sample. Implications refer to the development of strategies to enhance self-confidence in order to improve the gymnast's performance during competition. © Perceptual and Motor Skills 2011.
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