Year: 2013
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: The purpose of this investigation was to evaluate the relationship between socioeconomic status and competitive sport anxiety in youth athletes. The Multidimensional Anxiety Theory served as the conceptual framework for this study. Participants included 62 youth athletes from an affluent and a middle class socioeconomic background defined by average household income. All participants completed the Competitive State Anxiety Inventory-2 approximately one hour before competing in sport. Significance testing (t-test) was conducted to determine any difference between affluent and middle class athletes in somatic, cognitive A-state anxiety and self-confidence. The results revealed a lack of statistical difference between the two schools for somatic, cognitive A-state anxiety or self-confidence.
Author: Brian De Paulo
Language: English
Subfield: Developmental and Educational Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2589207202