Anxiety and burnout in female collegiate ice hockey and soccer athletes.
The purpose of this study was to assess whether athletes who perceived their scores on trait anxiety to be debilitative to performance also experienced higher burnout scores. 84 NCAA Division I female ice hockey and soccer athletes, ages 18 to 23 years, volunteered. Participants were given a trait version of the Competitive State Anxiety Inventory-2 with an added direction scale to collect general perceptions of anxiety. They also completed the Burnout Inventory for Athletes. A one-way multivariate analysis of variance for group anxiety yielded an overall significant effect, with the Facilitative group (n = 40) reporting a lower mean burnout score. Mean intensity of cognitive anxiety was significantly higher for the Debilitative group (n = 44), while mean self-confidence intensity was significantly higher for the Facilitative group.
Wiggins
Matthew S
MS
Murray State University, Department of Wellness & Therapeutic Sciences, 108 Carr Health Building, Murray, KY 42071, USA. matt.wiggins@murraystate.edu
Lai
Christopher
C
Deiters
Jay A
JA
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology*; D002055:Burnout, Professional / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D003163:Competitive Behavior; D005260:Female; D006688:Hockey / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012649:Self Concept; D012916:Soccer / Q000523:psychology*; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications*