Abstract
Purpose: With respect to the fact that every sport field has its own special nature, the aim of present study was to compare competitive state anxiety among team sport and individual sport athletes in Iran. Material: The statistic sample included 120 male athletes, 60 athletes in individual sports (wrestling, taekwondo and karate) and 60 athletes in team sports (futsal, volleyball and basketball). The research instrument employed was the Persian version of the Competitive State Anxiety Inventory-2. This inventory was distributed among the subjects about 30 minutes before the first competition. Finally by one-way ANOVA data was analyzed. Results: The results indicated that the mean score of somatic anxiety and cognitive anxiety among individual sport athletes was significantly higher than that of team sport athletes (p0.05). Conclusion: It seems the being part of a team alleviates some of the pressure experienced by those who compete alone. It seems the individual sport athletes may be more exposed to evaluation and more engaged in their own skills and abilities than team sport athletes given that responsibility for performance is not distributed across several performers.
Highlights
Introduction2 Competitive anxiety is one of the most thoroughly examined topics in sport psychology literature
It may be due to the fact that fear of failure is a stronger predictor of cognitive anxiety for individual sport athletes than for team sport athletes given the potential accountability for failure placed on individual sport athletes
For athletes in high-contact sports and martial arts such as karate, thaekwondo and wrestling the possibility of getting hurt can be a source of anxiety. It seems that in individual sports, the athletes are more engaged in their own skills and abilities, while in team sports such as volleyball, basketball, and futsal, they are affected by their team members and their performance will depend on the performance of the group
Summary
Introduction Competitive anxiety is one of the most thoroughly examined topics in sport psychology literature. Mohsenpour studied state anxiety among male athletes of individual and team sports and concluded that there was no significant difference between somatic factor of group and individual examinable items but athletes of major group obtained lower cognitive grades than individual athletes [12]. Adem reported significant difference in levels of competitive state anxiety among team sports and individual sports athletes [14], [15]. [16], [17] have not reported significant difference in high, moderate or low level of anxiety It seems that the levels of competitive state anxiety in team and individual sport athletes are not clear. With respect to the fact that every sport field has its own special nature, and the results of most of the researches done are not in accordance with each other, lack of a comprehensive theory in this field made the author to take action and compare competitive state anxiety among team sport and individual sport athletes in Iran
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