Competitive State Anxiety and Psychological Performance on Badminton Players based on Gender
- September 1, 2020
- Posted by: RSIS Team
- Categories: IJRIAS, Psychology
International Journal of Research and Innovation in Applied Science (IJRIAS) | Volume V, Issue VI, June 2020 | ISSN 2454-6194
Competitive State Anxiety and Psychological Performance on Badminton Players based on Gender
Vincent Parnabas1, Julinamary Parnabas2, Antoinette Mary Parnabas3
1Faculty of Sport Science and Recreation, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia
2Institut Pendidikan Guru Kampus Darulaman Jitra, Kedah, Malaysia
3Medical Unit, Hospital Taiping, Taiping, Perak, Malaysia
Abstract: – Anxiety is recognized as one of the main factors that reduces athletes’ performance in sports. In many research reviews, researchers have found that high levels of anxiety have the tendency to deteriorate athletes’ performance. However, to date there has been very limited research examining competitive anxiety on gender. The main aim of the study was to compare the level of competitive anxiety and sport performance differences among gender. Data was collected from 97 badminton players, using a 27 item Competitive State Anxiety Inventory-2 and 42-item of The Psychological Performance Inventory. The results showed that male athletes obtained the lowest score on competitive state anxiety. Furthermore, female athletes exhibited the lowest level of psychological performance. Based on the current results, it is recommended that sport psychologists, sport counselors and coaches in Malaysia use the findings to design appropriate training programs to help athletes acquire suitable coping strategies, to reduce their competitive state anxiety levels and enhance their psychological performance.
Key Words: Competitive State Anxiety; Psychological Performance; Cognitive Anxiety; Somatic Anxiety
