The influence of parenting practices and parental presence on children's and adolescents' pre-competitive anxiety.
We examined parental influence on athletes' pre-competitive anxiety. The effect of parental presence during competition was studied as was the role of parenting practices. Data were collected from a sample of 341 athletes (201 basketball players and 140 tennis players) before an official competition. Analysis of variance indicated that the presence of both parents was associated with higher pre-competitive anxiety for all participants, except male tennis players. The absence of both parents did not result in less anxiety. A second analysis of variance revealed that females tennis players at provincial and national level perceived greater parental pressure than most other participants. Canonical correlation analysis showed a positive relationship between pre-competitive anxiety and parenting practices for tennis players, but not for basketball players. Directive behaviours and pressure were positively associated with pre-competitive anxiety for all tennis players, whereas praise and understanding was negatively related to anxiety for female tennis players only.
Bois
Julien E
JE
Département STAPS, University of Pau and Pays de l'Adour, Tarbes, France. julien.bois@univ-pau.fr
Lalanne
Julien
J
Delforge
Catherine
C
D000293:Adolescent; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology*; D054874:Athletic Performance / Q000523:psychology*; D001490:Basketball / Q000523:psychology; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D002648:Child; D003163:Competitive Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology*; D012737:Sex Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013715:Tennis / Q000523:psychology