title: Cognitive and somatic state anxiety and self-confidence in cheerleading competition.
abstract: 77 cheerleaders participating in a national collegiate championship competition were administered the Competitive State Anxiety Inventory-2 immediately prior to performance. Significant correlations were found between cognitive and somatic state anxiety, a finding consistent with previous research. Negative correlations were found between both cognitive and somatic anxiety and self-confidence, also as previously reported. Canonical discriminant analysis indicated that significant discrimination between the teams could be accomplished by a combination of the state-anxiety variables. Both groups, 36 men and 41 women, differed significantly from normative scores on the somatic subscale.
authors.affiliation: Department of Kinesiology and Health Science, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX 75962-3015.
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Finkenberg
authors.forename: J N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: DiNucci
authors.forename: E D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: McCune
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: McCune
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology*; D003163:Competitive Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012649:Self Concept; D013177:Sports / Q000523:psychology*