Perfectionism and competitive anxiety in athletes: Differentiating striving for perfection and negative reactions to imperfection [PDF]
Whereas some researchers have argued that perfectionism in sports is maladaptive because it is related to dysfunctional characteristics Such as higher competitive anxiety, the present article argues that striving for perfection is not maladaptive and is ...
Becker, Claudia +4 more
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Recent developments in competitive anxiety direction and competition stress research
The area of competitive anxiety continues to be extensively researched with considerable attention focused on the notion of ‘direction’. The purpose of this review is to demonstrate how the study of direction has advanced our understanding of the competitive anxiety response through providing an overview of the existing research, and emphasizing why ...
Hanton, Sheldon +2 more
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The effects of competitive trait anxiety on attentional bias in adolescent tennis players [PDF]
BackgroundCompetitive anxiety is common in adolescent athletes and may bias the processing of socio-emotional cues in competition settings. However, evidence linking competitive trait anxiety to specific attentional-bias components in adolescent tennis ...
Xiaozhong Su +3 more
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Network Analysis of Competitive State Anxiety [PDF]
Competitive state anxiety is an integral feature of sports performance but despite its pervasiveness, there is still much debate concerning the measurement of the construct. Adopting a network approach that conceptualizes symptoms of a construct as paired associations, we proposed re-examining competitive state anxiety as a system of interacting ...
Mullen, R, Jones, ES
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The Relationship of Self-Presentation, Stress Coping, and Competitive State Anxiety in Elite Athletes [PDF]
PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to verify the mediated effect between self-presentation, stress coping, and competitive state anxiety among domestic elite athletes and to identify the intermediate effects of stress coping in the relationship ...
Seo-Jin Youn, Tai-Seok Chang
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Investigating the relationship between group and individual competition anxiety and its relationship with perfectionism [PDF]
Introduction: The study investigated the relationship between perfectionism and competitive anxiety of group and individual athletes.Martials and Methods: Four hundred individual athletes who according to the coaches were able to participate in ...
Mohammad saeid Kiani, Leila Nazari
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Analysis of pre-competitive and competitive anxiety in youth judoka
Aim: The present study aimed to verify levels of trait anxiety in juvenile judo athletes (between 14 and 18 yrs.) in pre-competitive and competitive moments.Method: Therefore, 40 athletes (20 boys and 20 girls) with 5 ± 2 yrs.
Giovanna Carla Interdonato +2 more
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The purpose of this study is to examine whether mental toughness can predict competitive anxiety through the motivation and competitive experience possessed by athletes.
Dwi Yan Nugraha +7 more
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The Relationship of Positive and Negative Perfectionism with Competitive State Anxiety in Non-Professional Soccer Players [PDF]
Perfectionism, in fact, is an irrational belief individuals have about themselves and their surroundings. Perfectionists believe that they and their surroundings must be complete and any attempt in life must be without error. The aim of the present study
Jamal Fazel +2 more
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Competitive anxiety in athletes
Competitive anxiety is an important issue in sport psychology since it is capable of influencing athletes’ performance. This study aims to examine the role of emotion regulation and personality in explaining individual differences in competitive anxiety of athletes, considering their sex and sport modality.
Amaro, Rita, Brandão, Tânia
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