Abstract
Recent scientific studies conducted with athletes of various sports modalities showed that pre-competition anxiety directly affects the performance and yield of athletes, damaging their results. However, studies with wheelchair fencing athletes, as well as the influence of sex on pre-competition anxiety, have not yet been conducted. To analyse the influence of sex on pre-competition anxiety in wheelchair fencing athletes. The sample consisted of eighteen (n=18) athletes, divided into men (n=10) and women (n=8). All were competitors of wheelchair fencing, participants of the two Brazilian cups, the national sports calendar, in the year 2018, linked to the Brazilian Paralympic Committee. For data collection, the athletes responded to a semi-structured questionnaire with twenty questions related to life habits and physical, technical, tactical and psychological training and to the anxiety inventory of the competitive state test (CSAI-2R). In the analysis of the CSAI-2R test data there was no statistically significant difference in the total score between men and women (P>0.05). However, when analysing each question separately, some differences were found in questions regarding the body tense, afraid of poor performance and feeling stiffness, the score was higher in women when compared to men. In questions regarding confidence in facing the challenge and be safe, since they imagined reaching the initial objective, the score was higher in men when compared to women (P<0.01; P<0.03, respectively). Pre-competition anxiety is not directly influenced by sex in wheelchair fencing athletes. However, it may be related to the way athletes see, feel and interpret situations that originate in the universe of competitions. Specifically, women have demonstrated greater body tension and are more concerned with their performance, while men have shown themselves to be more self-confident, which seems to be associated with the longest time of practice in the sport.
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