Anxiety in Volleyball: Gender Differences During Competition
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https://doi.org/10.58914/ijyesspe.2023-8.2.5Keywords:
Anxiety, Volleyball, Competition, Anxiety, Gender, Volleyball, CompetitionAbstract
This study aimed to explore distinctions between male and female volleyball players in terms of various sub-domains of the sports anxiety scale and overall anxiety. A total of 126 female and 55 male volleyball players from different State teams in India were chosen using a convenient random sampling technique during the 47th Junior National Volleyball Championship of India. To gauge the anxiety levels of the volleyball players, the researcher utilized the modified version (The Sport Anxiety Scale (SAS), n.d.) of the Sports Anxiety Scale – 2. The Shapiro-Wilk normality test revealed that the data did not conform to a normal distribution. The Mann-Whitney U Test did not identify any noteworthy gender differences among the volleyball players in anxiety subscales, including Worry, Concentration Disruption, Somatic Trait Anxiety, and Total Anxiety. This outcome suggests that male and female volleyball players likely experience comparable anxiety levels during competition.
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