Prediction of Goal Orientation and Perceived Competence on Intensity and Direction of Precompetitive Anxiety among Adolescent Handball Players

This study explored the main and interactive effects of goal orientations and perceived competence on intensity and direction of the symptoms of precompetitive cognitive and somatic anxiety. 109 handball players from 16 high school teams (M = 16.2 yr., SD = 1.5) participated. All were asked to compl...

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Published in:Perceptual and motor skills 2007-08, Vol.105 (1), p.83-101
Main Authors: Li, Chiung-Huang, Chi, Likang
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Achievement
Adolescent
Anxiety
Anxiety - diagnosis
Anxiety - psychology
Athletes
Cognition
Competitive Behavior - physiology
Ego
Goals
Humans
Male
Models, Psychological
Motivation
Probability
Psychomotor Performance - physiology
Regression Analysis
Self Efficacy
Sports - physiology
Sports psychology
Studies
Surveys and Questionnaires
Task Performance and Analysis
Teenagers
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Summary:This study explored the main and interactive effects of goal orientations and perceived competence on intensity and direction of the symptoms of precompetitive cognitive and somatic anxiety. 109 handball players from 16 high school teams (M = 16.2 yr., SD = 1.5) participated. All were asked to complete the Task and Ego Orientation in Sport Questionnaire, Perceived Competence Questionnaire, and a modified version of the Competitive State Anxiety Inventory-2. Using separated multiple hierarchical regression analyses, direction of the symptoms of precompetitive somatic anxiety was predicted by perceived competence and interaction of ego orientation x perceived competence. Perceived competence and the interaction of ego orientation x task orientation x perceived competence were significant predictors of direction of the symptoms of precompetitive cognitive anxiety. The results suggest that perceptions of competence and task orientation moderate the relationship between ego orientation and direction of the symptoms of precompetitive anxiety.
ISSN:0031-5125
1558-688X
DOI:10.2466/pms.105.1.83-10