Psychological characteristics in women football players: Skills, mental toughness, and anxiety

Kristjánsdóttir, Hafrún; Jóhannsdóttir, Kamilla Rún; Pic, Miguel; Saavedra, José M.

doi:10.1111/sjop.12571

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“…However, other studies, such as Bohórquez and Checa (2017), Sánchez et al (2012), andReche et al (2018), have shown different patterns than the present research, finding higher levels of A-S and RS in younger athletes and higher A-D and LOT-P in <16 years old. Kristjánsdóttir et al (2019) find no significant differences in futsal players in relation to competitive A-T or RS. These discrepancies between the different studies could be conditioned by the competitive level of the athletes (local-autonomous-nationalinternational), as these levels of competition can enhance and/or generate different responses in the variables analyzed.…”

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“…However, other studies, such as Bohórquez and Checa (2017), Sánchez et al (2012), and Reche et al (2018), have shown different patterns to the present research, which found higher levels of somatic anxiety and resilience in young people and greater deconcentration and pessimism in under-16s. Kristjánsdóttir et al (2019) found no significant differences in futsal players related to competitive anxiety or resilience. These results coincide with those presented by Reche-García et al (2020) where they do not find differences related to the age variables of the participants.…”

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Influence of Psychological Factors in Federated Futsal and Lifeguard Athletes, Differences by Gender and Category

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This research aims to analyse the differences in optimism, resilience, engagement and competitive anxiety as a function of the sport modality practiced in lifeguarding (individual sport) and futsal (team sport); the sport category by age (cadet or youth) and gender. The LOT-R optimism questionnaire, the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC-10), the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (UWES) and the Competitive Anxiety Scale (SAS-2) were applied to a sample of 189 participants (139 men and 50 womwn) aged between 14 and 17 years. The following statistical tests are performed: Cronbach's alpha, Pearson's linear correlation, Student's t-test, Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, Levene's test and multivariate linear regression. The data indicate that there are significant gender differences in total anxiety (p <0.001) and all its dimensions (somatic, worry, worry-free), also in optimism and pessimism (p < 0.001), as well as in total engagement (p = 0.051) and the absorption dimension (p < 0.001). When comparing the sample by sport categories, there are statistically significant differences in somatic anxiety (p = 0.036) and deconcentration (p = 0.034), as well as in LOT-total (p ≤ 0.001) and pessimism (p ≤ 0.001). In relation to the sport modalities, lifeguards show more anxiety 38.39 (0.49) and more commitment 4.58 (0.87) while futsal athletes reach higher scores in deconcentration 8.45 (2.29). It is concluded that the variables of commitment and resilience had a statistically significant positive effect, and the category of <16 years had a statistically significant negative effect, so the lower the category, the higher the optimism.

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Influence of Psychological Factors in Federated Futsal and Lifeguard Athletes, Differences by Gender and Category

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“…We consider the exclusion of gender differences of football players to be one of the limits of the presented study. We also base our assumptions on the study of Kristjánsdóttir et al (2019), which points out the importance of examining psychological skills and anxiety in female football players. For this reason, we recommend that future research also focus on gender differences in competitive anxiety, and guilt and shame proneness in the context of the Denollet personality in female football players and take into account possible differences in the psychological training of female athletes.…”

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Competitive Anxiety, and Guilt and Shame Proneness From Perspective Type D and Non-type D Football Players

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2021

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The precompetitive, competitive, and postcompetitive mental states of athletes are currently not sufficiently researched. Long-term exposure to stressors contributes to the formation of mental blocks and leads to various health problems. One of the factors that can explain the variability of athletes' reactions to stress is their personality. This study is the first to examine competitive anxiety, and guilt and shame proneness in the context of the reaction of football players to distress in sports. The study consists of 112 male football players aged 16–24 (21.00 ± 1.90) who were divided into type D and non-type D football players according to scoring on the Denollet Scale (DS14). Football players also filled out the Sport Anxiety Scale (SAS-2) and the Guilt and Shame Proneness Scale (GASP). The taxonomic approach was conducted to test and to examine differences in stressor intensity as a function of type D personality. A correlation, multivariate analysis of variance, and regression analysis were performed in the study. We found that type D football players were more afraid of failures in sports (worry), felt more often autonomous excitement concentrated in the stomach and muscles (somatic anxiety), and showed more frequent concentration disruption than did non-type D football players. We also found that although type D football players were more likely to rate their behavior as negative and inappropriate, they showed a much greater effort to correct it than did non-type D football players. Negative affectivity and social inhibition of type D football players were positively correlated with competitive anxiety. In addition, we noted lower levels of somatic anxiety and lower concentration disruption for football players who used escape strategies to manage stress. The shame proneness subscale monitoring negative self-evaluation was also closely related to the concentration disruption of football players. We found that the examination of athletes by type D personality is necessary due to the fact that negative affectivity and social inhibition are significant predictors of competitive anxiety of football players, which explains their worries at 24.0%, somatic anxiety at 8.2%, and concentration disruption at 10.6%.

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“…The present study applied sociodemographic questions in participants with the variables: gender, age, schooling level, club state, soccer experience, the average number of official games by month, experience in soccer (years), tournament experience, level of the championship ( Solleveld et al, 2015 ; Kristjánsdóttir et al, 2019 ).…”

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COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts on the Mental Health of Professional Soccer: Comparison of Anxiety Between Genders

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This study verifies associated factors with trait and state anxiety in professional soccer teams during the COVID-19 pandemic. The sample was composed of 315 athletes, coaches, and physical trainers of professional soccer teams during the COVID-19 pandemic. From this amount, 214 were classified with trait anxiety, and 315 were classified with state anxiety using the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI). This study is an epidemiological and cross-sectional study. We applied an observational method, and we performed a remote measurement. The measurement was made via online questionnaires in male and female individuals working on soccer teams (soccer professionals or athletes) who could be affected by anxiety during social isolation in the COVID-19 pandemic. Each questionnaire was composed of sociodemographic questions, self-perceived performance, and STAI. The main results indicated a significant difference between female vs. male soccer professionals in state anxiety (54.97 ± 9.43 vs. 57.65 ± 9.48 index) and trait anxiety (54.21 ± 5.74 vs. 55.76 ± 6.41 index) with higher results in men. Sociodemographic variables impacted significant differences between female and male athletes and professionals of soccer clubs, and anxiety during the pandemic COVID-19 period impacted self-perceived performance analysis. The present results highlight the importance of cognitive behavior therapy for professional soccer teams.

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Psychological characteristics in women football players: Skills, mental toughness, and anxiety

Cited by 35 publications

References 36 publications

Influence of Psychological Factors in Federated Futsal and Lifeguard Athletes, Differences by Gender and Category

Influence of Psychological Factors in Federated Futsal and Lifeguard Athletes, Differences by Gender and Category

Competitive Anxiety, and Guilt and Shame Proneness From Perspective Type D and Non-type D Football Players

COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts on the Mental Health of Professional Soccer: Comparison of Anxiety Between Genders

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