Abstract

Abstract The purpose of this paper was to briefly review the competitive anxiety research that has utilized the Sport Competition Anxiety Test (SCAT) and the Competitive State Anxiety Inventory-2 (CSAI-2) as measures of competitive trait anxity (A-trait) and multidimensional competitive state anxiety (A-state), respectively. An expanded model of competitive anxiety is presented which serves as the basis for the review of the literature. Specifically, the SCAT research reviewed includes the relationship of competitive A-trait to other intrapersonal factors, perception of threat, the prediction of state responses as well as motor performance and the prediction of performance outcomes or consequences. The CSAI-2 research reviewed includes the relationship of competitive A-state to other intrapersonal factors, interrelationships between CSAI-2 components, the anxiety-performance relationship, and evidence supporting the independence of the CSAI-2 components. Future directions for research using SCAT and the C...

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