Competitive State Anxiety and Performance in Young Female Rhythmic Gymnasts

Tsopani, Despoina; Dallas, George; Skordilis, Emmanouil

doi:10.2466/05.09.20.pms.112.2.549-560

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“…As abovementioned, pressure for achieving good performance generates feelings of fear and failure (Feltz, 2007;López Torres, Torregrosa, & Roca, 2007;Tsopani, Dallas & Skordilis, 2011). In this sense, if athletes do not feel self-confident enough to deal with pressure, they experience greater levels of cognitive anxiety.…”

Section: Cognitive Anxiety and Self-efficacy During Competitionmentioning

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Emotional regulation and physical recovery in young athletes of individual and collective sport modalities. [Regulación emocional y recuperación física de los jóvenes deportistas en modalidades deportivas individual y colectiva].

Molina¹,

Oriol²,

Mendoza³

2018

Rev. int. cienc. deporte

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Due to the influence of positive and negative affects experienced during competition on sports performance, emotional regulation is one of the psychological variables that are more interesting to the sport psychology field. In this sense, this study analyzes how the use of reappraisal and suppression stimulates or hampers the physical recovery of young athletes. All of this taking into account the mediating role of self-efficacy and cognitive anxiety experienced during competition. Three hundred Chilean athletes with ages from 11 to 18 years old participated in this study (M = 15.15; SD = 2.38). Specifically, 139 of them practiced individual sports (boating, athletics, swimming, rhythmic gymnastics and tennis) and 161 collective sports (basketball, volleyball, soccer and rugby). Results show that the use of cognitive reappraisal as a dispositional strategy is associated with positive affect. In addition, cognitive reappraisal promotes self-efficacy in athletes during competition and stimulates their physical recovery. Emotional suppression produces the opposite effect, being associated to negative affect and impairing physical recovery by cognitive anxiety. Results are also discussed related to differences observed in the use of these two emotional regulation strategies in individual and collective sports, along with their practice implications for the training of young athletes in both modalities.

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Section: Cognitive Anxiety and Self-efficacy During Competitionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Emotional regulation and physical recovery in young athletes of individual and collective sport modalities. [Regulación emocional y recuperación física de los jóvenes deportistas en modalidades deportivas individual y colectiva].

Molina¹,

Oriol²,

Mendoza³

2018

Rev. int. cienc. deporte

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“…Several authors (Daroglou, 2011;Fan, Cao, & Tang, 2004) explain various psychological dimensions in elite rhythmic gymnastics, bringing relevant information about anxiety state and its influence on performance, as well as trait anxiety versus competitive state anxiety. Applying the Competitive State Anxiety Inventory with its three subscales (cognitive anxiety, somatic anxiety and self-confidence) leads to the idea that only self-confidence has positive effects on performance, while cognitive and somatic anxiety has no influence on the results, these data confirming the Multidimensional Anxiety Theory of Martens, Vealey and Burton (1990) (Tsopani, Dallas, & Skordilis, 2011). Fletcher and Fletcher (2005) assert that each competition presents a potential stressor for athletes depending on the expected outcomes and the goal achievement, which leads to precompetitive anxiety.…”

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Study on stress level in elite junior gymnasts

2019

DPESKJ

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The aim of this study is to identify the level and main sources of stress as perceived by elite junior rhythmic gymnasts. Given that the Romanian Olympic Committee is interested in developing a programme meant to encourage junior gymnasts specialising in group event, we intend to monitor these parameters from the starting point of this team and contribute to increasing their ability to manage training and competition stress. The participants in this study were 10 junior gymnasts aged between 10 and 12 years, representing the National Rhythmic Gymnastics Group. Our research was carried out during the basic training period, followed by an assessment during the precompetitive period, prior to the European Junior Championships. The study used the Cognitrom Profile of Emotional Distress test as a research tool to assess the gymnasts' subjective experiences linked to their emotions and negative feelings related to their first long-term preparation stage in a centralised national training campus. Additionally, the subjects were asked to reveal their main sources of stress related to sports practice. The gymnasts were at first in an adjusting period, trying to cope with being away from family, different school settings, new teammates and coach, as well as dealing with different technical requirements during group routines. In the second assessment, their level of stress increased, its sources being different and related to the proximity of the competition. Our study emphasised a specific dynamics in the profile of emotional distress according to the periodisation framework, underlining the importance of developing appropriate coping mechanisms.

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“…Resulta lógica esta correlación si se tiene en cuenta que el vigor es el afecto o estado de ánimo positivo (Watson & Clark, 1994 y la autoconfianza, las creencias de los sujetos de estar preparados para la situación a la que se enfrentan (López Torres et al, 2007;Tsopani, et al, 2011), en este caso, tiro de precisión.…”

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Estado de ánimo, autoconfianza y ansiedad precompetitiva en tiro deportivo

Gómez

Gallegos

2014

ESPIRAL-CUADERNOS DEL PROFESORADO

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RESUMEN:El objetivo de este estudio fue analizar los niveles de estado de ánimo y ansiedad precompetitiva, según el nivel de los deportistas. Han participado un total de 183 deportistas con edades entre 26 y 59 años (M= 41.14; DT= 6.43); 179 eran hombres y solamente cuatro mujeres. Se utilizaron los siguientes instrumentos: Competitive State Anxiety Inventory-2 y Profile of Mood States. Se realizó un análisis multivariante de la varianza y se realizó el cálculo de la dispersión de los impactos a través de un programa informático diseñado para tal efecto. Se halló una relación directamente lineal entre el rendimiento, el vigor y la autoconfianza; y una relación inversamente lineal entre éste y la ansiedad somática. En las variables del estado de ánimo se encontró el denominado "perfil iceberg". Respecto a la dispersión de los impactos se observó una descentralización con tendencia hacia la izquierda y hacia abajo, siendo mayor la dispersión a medida que desciende la categoría. Por otra parte los tiradores diestros agrupan a la izquierda y los zurdos a la derecha. Palabras clave: Competición, tirador, vigor, ansiedad somática, ansiedad cognitive ABSTRACT: The aim of this study was to analyze the levels of pre-competitive mood and anxiety, according to the level of athletes. They involved a total of 183 athletes aged between 26 and 59 years old (M = 41.14, SD = 6.43); 179 were men and only four were women. The following instruments were used: Competitive State Anxiety Inventory-2 and Profile of Mood States. A multivariate analysis of variance was performed and the calculation of the dispersion of the impact is performed using a computer program designed for this purpose. One directly linear relationship between yield, vigour and self-confidence was found; and an inverse linear relationship between it and somatic anxiety. In the mood variables called "iceberg profile" was not found. Regarding the dispersion of the impact prone decentralization and leftward down was observed, the dispersion being higher as the class descends. Moreover the right-handed shooters grouped on the left and right handed.

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Competitive State Anxiety and Performance in Young Female Rhythmic Gymnasts

Cited by 32 publications

References 26 publications

Emotional regulation and physical recovery in young athletes of individual and collective sport modalities. [Regulación emocional y recuperación física de los jóvenes deportistas en modalidades deportivas individual y colectiva].

Emotional regulation and physical recovery in young athletes of individual and collective sport modalities. [Regulación emocional y recuperación física de los jóvenes deportistas en modalidades deportivas individual y colectiva].

Study on stress level in elite junior gymnasts

Estado de ánimo, autoconfianza y ansiedad precompetitiva en tiro deportivo

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