title: Anxiety and burnout in female collegiate ice hockey and soccer athletes.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Murray State University, Department of Wellness & Therapeutic Sciences, 108 Carr Health Building, Murray, KY 42071, USA. matt.wiggins@murraystate.edu
authors.forename: Matthew S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Wiggins
authors.forename: Christopher
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lai
authors.forename: Jay A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Deiters
mesh_terms: 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*