Anxiety, self-confidence and performance in Tae Kwon-Do.
142 male Tae Kwon-do competitors completed the Competitive State Anxiety Inventory-2 about 1 hr. before competition. Multivariate analysis of variance showed that the players who won reported lower cognitive and somatic anxiety and higher self-confidence than those who lost. Discriminant function analysis indicated that 89 (62.68%) participants could be correctly classified as winners or losers on the basis of their precompetition Competitive State Anxiety Inventory-2 scores. The findings concur with previous research in karate.
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Department of Sport Sciences, Brunel University, Isleworth, Middlesex, England, UK.
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Brierley
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D000124:Achievement; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D003163:Competitive Behavior; D016002:Discriminant Analysis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016139:Martial Arts / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010551:Personality; D010555:Personality Inventory; D011597:Psychomotor Performance; D012649:Self Concept