title: Sex, sport, situation, and competitive state anxiety.
abstract: Within a multivariate design, the relationship between sex, sport, and competitive situation with state anxiety was examined. The Competitive State Anxiety Inventory-2 was administered to selected intramural basketball and volleyball teams (ns = 266 and 226) prior to round-robin and play-off competition. Multivariate analysis of variance yielded a significant interaction of sport by sex and a significant main effect for sport. Follow-up tests indicated that basketball players scored higher somatic and cognitive state anxiety than volleyball players. Women scored higher on somatic and cognitive state anxiety than men prior to play-off games. Results are discussed in terms of importance of a multivariate approach to studying competitive anxiety.
authors.affiliation: Department of Kinesiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan 66506-0302, USA.
authors.forename: W D
authors.initials: WD
authors.lastname: Russell
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Robb
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Cox
mesh_terms: D001007:Anxiety / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003163:Competitive Behavior; D006801:Humans; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013177:Sports / Q000523:psychology