جستجوی مقالات مرتبط با کلیدواژه « اضطراب رقابتی » در نشریات گروه « روانشناسی »

Understanding the dynamics between competitive anxiety and coaching styles is crucial in optimizing adolescent soccer players' performance and well-being. This study aimed to explore the association between competitive anxiety levels and coaching styles among adolescent soccer players.

A cross-sectional survey was conducted among 76 adolescent soccer players aged 16-18 from Shemiranat, Tehran, Iran. Participants completed the Competitive State Anxiety Inventory-2 (Martens et al., 1990) to measure their competitive anxiety levels and the Coaching Behavior Assessment System questionnarie (Smith et al., 1977) to assess the coaching styles adopted by their coaches.

Statistical analysis revealed a significant correlation between coaching styles and competitive anxiety levels among adolescent soccer players (p < 0.05). Specifically, players who reported higher levels of competitive anxiety tended to perceive their coaches as exhibiting more controlling and less supportive coaching behaviors.

These findings underscore the importance of adopting supportive coaching styles in youth soccer programs to mitigate competitive anxiety levels among adolescent players, ultimately enhancing their performance and well-being.

Neurofeedback training (NFT) is a unique type of biofeedback in which participants learn to intentionally modulate their brain waves activity, thereby enhancing control over processes that are usually not consciously regulated. The present study aimed to determine the NFT effectiveness on athlete students' cognitive functions (worry, concentration, and somatic anxiety traits).

The study was a non-blinded quasi-experimental study involving 24 high school students in the 4th district of Tehran. The participants were selected with the convenience sampling method. The participants were randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. They completed the sport anxiety scale-2 (Smith et al., 2006) in pretest and posttest. The participant's data were analyzed using SPSS-26.

The results demonstrate the effectiveness of the NFT in improving cognitive functions. In addition, these demonstrated that the NFT could significantly reduce worry (p<0.05) and increase concentration (p<0.01), but it cannot decrease somatic anxiety traits of athlete students (p>0.05).

Here is demonstrated the potential of the NFT as a contemporary technology for the improvement of cognitive functions of athlete students. Furthermore, the results suggest that NFT is a promising alternative to other psychological interventions, and sports psychologists can use the NFT for the cognitive improvement of athletes.

The purpose of this study was to study prediction of competitive anxiety based on psychological hardiness, resilience and stress coping strategies of athlete teens. The quantitative- correlation method was used. The statistical population consists of all the adolescent athletes referred to sports clubs in Tehran in year 2020. In this study, according to convenience sampling method, 200 adolescent athletes by formula Plant of Tabachnick and et al (2007) were selected as samples and they were asked to fill revised competitive state anxiety inventory (RCSAI) of Cox and et al (2003), psychological hardiness scale (PHS) of Lang and et al (2003), resilience scale (CD-RISC) of Connor and Davidson (2003) and ways of coping questionnaire (WCQ) of Lazarus and Folkman's (1998). The data were analyzed by tests of Pearson correlation and multivariate regression. Findings showed that there was negative and significant correlation between psychological hardiness, resilience and problem oriented stress coping strategies with competitive anxiety athlete teens (P<0/01). Also, findings showed that there was positive and significant correlation between emotion oriented stress coping strategies with competitive anxiety (P<0/01). Regression analyses also revealed that %68 of variance of competitive anxiety was explained by psychological hardiness, %51/7 was explained by resilience and %81/5 of variance of competitive anxiety was explained by stress coping strategies. This study confirmed the significant contribution of psychological hardiness, resilience and stress coping strategies on competitive anxiety of athlete teens.

The aim of the present study was to investigate the model of predicting competitive anxiety based on emotion regulation by considering the mediating role of psychological hardiness in national team athletes. The research method was descriptive and structural modeling of structural equations. The statistical population in this study included all athletes of individual and team national teams in 2019. The sample number was 300 athletes who were selected based on the criteria of entry and exit of the research and available. The research tools included the Cubasa Hardiness Questionnaire (1989), the Garnefsky Emotional Cognitive Regulation Questionnaire (2006), the Competitive Anxiety Scale of Martens et al. (1990), and the Questionnaire. The collected data were analyzed by structural equation modeling method. The results of data analysis showed that the model of predicting competitive anxiety based on emotion regulation strategies has a favorable fit considering the role of hardiness mediation based on experimental data. Also, the direct and indirect effect of emotion regulation, resilience and mindfulness on competitive anxiety of athletes was confirmed (p <0.05). Hardiness also directly affects athletes' competitive anxiety (p <0.05). The results showed that emotion regulation strategies are significant, with competitive anxiety in relation to them and open strategy in the negative and inhibition strategy in the form of positive changes in each of the items that are called anxiety, if the results from the journal Indicate that they play an effective role in the dimensions of competitive anxiety, and that the taekwondo anxiety levels of anxiety are commensurate with these strategies. Explaining why there is a significant relationship between emotion regulation and competitive anxiety depends on considering the components of these variables. Self-management, as one of the components of emotion regulation, indicates the ability of a person to manage his behaviors in different situations.

The purpose of the present study was to investigate the structural relationship between sport mindfulness and competitive anxiety, and the mediating role of emotion regulation strategies. The method of this research was descriptive and correlational. Two hundred volunteers from different teams participated in this research. Sports Mindfulness Questionnaire (Thienot et al 2014), Cognitive Emotional Regulation Strategies Questionnaire (Garnefski et al 2002) and Competitive State Anxiety Inventory (Cox et al 2003) were used for data collection. Data were analyzed using the structural equation modeling method using Smart PLS 2.0 software. The results showed that there was a significant negative correlation between sports mindfulness and competitive anxiety. Also, the sport mindfulness through adaptive strategies of emotional regulation had a significant relationship with competitive anxiety of athletes. Overall, the findings of this study showed that special attention to the sport mindfulness is important, because the sport mindfulness is not only directly, but also indirectly could reduce the competitive anxiety of athletes by increasing the use of adaptive strategies of emotional regulation as a mediator variable.

The purpose of the present study was to predict of perceived overtraining from competitive anxiety and drive for muscularity among male athletes. The statistical population of the present study 250 male athletes who were selected using accessible sampling from different sport fields (individual and group), and completed perceived overtraining, competitive anxiety and drive for muscularity questionnaires. Results of Pearson correlation and stepwise regression showed that perceived overtraining has a positive and significant correlation with cognitive and physical anxiety, and negative and significant correlation with self-confidence and drive for muscularity, respectively. In general, four variables such as physical anxiety, drive for muscularity, self-confidence, and cognitive anxiety predicted over 41% of the variance overtraining. Thus, our findings suggest that recognizing and monitoring of competitive anxiety and drive for muscularity in athletes play a key role in identifying perceived overtraining.

Few studies have been conducted on the effectiveness of psychological skills training on hypothalamic pituitary adrenal (HPA) axis response and sport performance. The aim of this study was to examine the impact of 8-week psychological skills training on competitive anxiety and salivary cortisol in elite sprinters. This study was a quasi-experimental study by pretest-posttest design with a control group. Statistical group comprised all men sprinters with an age range of 18-29 years in Khuzestan Province. To do this test, 30 male elite sprinters were randomly allocated into experimental and control groups(15 in each). We used salivary cortisol kit (Germany IBL company model RE-52611 model) to and Competitive Anxiety Inventory-2 (CSAI-2). The results were analyzed with SPSS 20. The findings showed significant reduction in salivary cortisol and significant reduction in Competitive Anxiety in experimental group to comparison with the control group after 8 weeks of psychological skills training. The results suggest that psychological skills training can be uses as a promised strategy in reduction of competitive anxiety and salivary cortisol in athletes.

The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of positive self- talk on competitive anxiety responses, salivary cortisol levels ​​and self-confidence in elite Wushu athletes.
For this purpose, 26 elite athlete’s man who participated in this study and were divided into two experimental and control groups. Competitive anxiety and self-confidence also salivary cortisol levels were measured in both groups in pre-test (first competition). The experimental group performed practice and post-test protocol was performed (second competition). Data were analyzed by paired t test and ANCOVA test.
Findings : The results showed that after intervention competitive anxiety and salivary cortisol has decreased. Self-confidence scores after the intervention also increased.
In general, it can be concluded that positive self-talk intervention can be a strategy to reduce psychophysiological responses of competitive anxiety and improve self-confidence

The aim of this study was to compare effectiveness of progressive muscle relaxation and mental imagery-based relaxation on psychophysiological responses of competitive anxiety (cortisol levels) and self-confidence in elite athletes. For this purpose, 36 of elite Wushu athletes selected and randomly divided into two experimental groups and one control group. In the pre-test (first competition) competitive anxiety and self-confidence as well as salivary cortisol were measured in all three groups. In experimental groups, relaxation techniques was trained for 4 weeks. Data with univariate analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) were analyzed. The results showed that progressive muscle relaxation was more effective than mental imagery-based relaxation in decreasing saliva cortisol and somatic anxiety. Also, mental imagery-based relaxation was more effective on the cognitive anxiety rather than progressive muscle relaxation. In addition, self-confidence was increased after mental imagery-based relaxation. In general, it could be concluded that different types of relaxation training was an effective strategy to reduce psychophysiological responses of competitive anxiety and improve self-confidence.

Valid objective measure that can be easily carrying for assessment of  competitive anxiety is not available in Iran. Competitive State Anxiety Inventory-2R (CSAI-2R) is introduced as a quick and easy diagnostic tool for competitive anxiety. The aim of this study was to determine the psychometric properties of CSAI-2R in the part of Iranian society. The study population included all volleyball, handball and basketball athlete of Tabriz city in 2012. From this population, 184 students (69 volleyball players, 61 basketball players, and 54 handball players) were randomly selected. The reliability results showed that the reliability of three aspects of CSAI-2R with Cronbach's alpha method were 0.79 to 0.84. Convergent and construct validities were confirmed validity of the CSAI-2R. The results of factorial analysis as main form the CSAI-2R, were revealed the three separate but correlated factors for Competitive State Anxiety Inventory-2R: cognitive anxiety, somatic anxiety, and self-confidence. Based on these results, we can say that the CSAI-2R is reliable and valid instrument for measuring competitive anxiety in Iranian culture. Considering the short revised form of  CSAI-2R and lack of long-scale problems in that scale, its use is recommended for future research.

In order to explain different aspects of competitive anxiety including cognitive anxiety, somatic anxiety, and self-confidence as related to dimensions of perfectionism including striving for perfection (positive perfectionism) and negative reaction to imperfection (negative perfectionism), 173 volunteer athletes (115 males, 58 females) from different Iranian sport federations participated in the current study and completed the Competitive Perfectionism Scale (Besharat, 2009a) and the Multidimensional Competitive Anxiety Questionnaire (Besharat, 2009b). The results revealed that 1) striving for perfection (positive perfectionism) was negatively associated with cognitive and somatic anxiety, and positively associated with self-confidence, 2) negative reaction to imperfection (negative perfectionism) was positively associated with cognitive and somatic anxiety and negatively associated with self-confidence, and 3) dimensions of perfectionism can predict changes related to athlete's competitive anxiety. Moreover, striving for perfection decreased competitive anxiety and increased self-confidence through reinforcing personal feelings of competence, control and management of competitive conditions and concentration while performing sport skills and techniques. Conversely, negative reaction to imperfection, increased competitive anxiety and decreased self-confidence by weakening personal feelings of competence, control and management of competitive conditions and disturbing concentration while performing sport skills and techniques.