Relationships Between Mental Skills and Competitive Anxiety Interpretation in Open Skill and Close Skill Athletes

Download or read book Relationships Between Mental Skills and Competitive Anxiety Interpretation in Open Skill and Close Skill Athletes written by Sharyn J. Aufenanger and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Researchers have garnered interest in the directional component of anxiety in addition to the intensity level, where athletes may view anxiety symptoms as facilitative or debilitative towards performance. Further, athletes in different types of sport may utilize specific mental skills in order to assist in their interpretation of anxiety symptoms. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between mental skills and interpretation of anxiety in athletes participating in open versus close skill sport. Eighty-eight open skill athletes and 40 close skill athletes completed the modified CSAI-2 and OMSAT-3. The results indicated that open and close skill athletes differed in intensity, but not interpretation, of somatic anxiety and self-confidence. Several mental skills were predictive of athletes' interpretation of anxiety and self-confidence as facilitative to their performance. Also, open and close skill athletes differed in how their mental skills related to intensity of anxiety and self-confidence.