Masters Theses

Date of Award

5-1996

Degree Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science

Major

Recreation and Leisure Studies

Major Professor

Mary Dale Blanton

Committee Members

Patricia Beitel, Frank Hendrick

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine the state anxiety and self-confidence differences between a stressful period during sport performance And academic performance of Division I track and field athletes. Subjects comprised of 21 female track and field athletes and 30 male track and field athletes and ranged in age from 18 to 25. The Competitive State Inventory-2 (CSAI-2) was used to measure state anxiety and self-confidence levels prior to a sport performance and academic performance (Martens, Burton, Vealey, Bump, & Smith, 1990). The CSAI-2 consisted of 27 items which respondents rate on a Likert - type scale ranging from 1, not at all, to 4, very much so. The CSAI-2 contains three subscales; i.e., cognitive anxiety, somatic anxiety, and selfconfidence. Reliability and validity .79 to .90 of the CSAI2 were rigorously tested by Martens et al. (1990) during scale development. The Modified CSAI-2 was developed to test academic performance of the Division I track and field athletes. Also, a demographic data was distributed for background information concerning previous sport experience. The CSAI-2 was administered by the researcher and completed by the male athletes the morning of a home meet held in February. The CSAI-2 for female athletes was administered by coaching personnel the morning of an away meet. The revised version of the CSAI-2 was completed the morning of a test/mid-term. Sub-problem 1 was analyzed using a 2 x 2 (Gender x Test) multivariate repeated measures parametric statistic design to determine differences in terms of state anxiety and a 2 X 2 ANOVA parametric to measure self-confidence. Sub-problem 2 was analyzed by using a 2 x 2 (Success x Activity) MANOVA design to measure successful athletes in terms of state anxiety levels and a 2 x 2 ANOVA was used to measure self-confidence. Sub-problem 3 utilized a 2 X 3 (Event x Activity) MANOVA to evaluate differences in terms of state anxiety levels and a 2x2 ANOVA design to evaluate self-confidence. Results of this study indicated that there was no multivariate difference between cognitive and somatic anxiety for gender, but there was a multivariate difference between cognitive and somatic anxiety for test. Overall, there were no multivariate differences between cognitive and somatic anxiety for the Test x Gender interaction. There was no univariate difference in self-confidence for gender or for test. There was no multivariate difference between cognitive and somatic anxiety for gender or for success. Likewise, there was no multivariate difference between cognitive and somatic anxiety for the Gender x Success interaction. There was no univariate difference in self-confidence for gender or for test. Overall, there was no univariate difference in selfconfidence for the Gender x Success interaction. There was a multivariate difference between cognitive and somatic anxiety for gender. There was no significant difference between cognitive and somatic anxiety in event or for the Gender x Event interaction. There was no significant univariate difference in self-confidence for gender or for event. Overall, there was no significant univarite difference in self-confidence for Gender x Event interaction.

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