Cross-sectional associations between competitive anxiety and individual characteristics among handball athletes

• Published in: Journal of Physical Education and Sport 2023-07, Vol.23 (7), p.1599-1605
• Main Authors: Nascimento, Adria Monique Mesquita Do, Gaia, Jhonatan Welington Pereira, Ferreira, Rodrigo Weyll, Pires, Daniel Alvarez
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Age; Anxiety; Athletes; Competition; Confidence; Emotional Response; Females; Gender Differences; Group Dynamics; Handball; Individual Characteristics; Likert Scales; Males; Multiple Regression Analysis; Perceptions; Psychological aspects; Psychological Patterns; Psychometrics; Questionnaires; Resistance (Psychology); Sociodemographics; Sport Psychology; Variables
• ISSN: 2247-8051; 2247-806X
• DOI: 10.7752/jpes.2023.07196

The psychological aspects of competitive sports, such as handball, has been the subject of many studies in recent years. However, there is still no consensus regarding the effects of competitive anxiety in this sport and the possible sociodemographic and individual aspects that influence this effect. This study aimed to investigate the association between time of practice, age, and sex variables on the perceptions of competitive anxiety among handball athletes. Participated 81 handball athletes (61% women) with a mean age of 25 ± 6 years and a mean practice time of 6 ± 4 years. The instrument used was the Competitive State Anxiety Inventory-2 Revised (CSAI-2R). We performed multiple linear regression analysis to investigate the association between the main variables. The t test and Spearman's correlation test (r) also was used. The main results showed that the time of practice was associated with the direction (F (1, 78) = 4.807, p