COMPARATIVE STUDY OF COMPETITIVE STATE ANXIETY OF NATIONAL KORFBALL PLAYERS

Sandhya Banik; Kalpana Sharma

Volume : VI, Issue : VII, July - 2017

COMPARATIVE STUDY OF COMPETITIVE STATE ANXIETY OF NATIONAL KORFBALL PLAYERS

Sandhya Banik, Kalpana Sharma

Abstract :

Aim: A study was done to compare the means of competitive state anxiety level of the male participants of eight different teams. Methods: A quantitative research was done based on purposive sampling included 1st Indian Korfball League participants. Methods: Total 64 male participants� aged between 18-35 years of eight teams those who had qualified for the leagues for further competition were taken as subjects. In this research, the CSAI-2 questionnaire (likert scale) was used as a tool, which was given 45min. prior to competition to measure competitive state anxiety which had three sub-scales namely cognitive state anxiety, somatic state anxiety and self-confidence. Statistical procedure: Statistical procedure was done through descriptive statistics, Levene�s homogeneity test of variance, one-way anova and Tukey�s HSD post-hoc test with the help of SPSS version 23 at p<0.05. Results: Cronbach�s Reliability Coefficient (0.600) was reported to be at acceptable value and teams exhibited medium level of competitive state anxiety, F (7, 63) = 26.77, p<0.01. Significant difference was found between the eight teams on Cognitive State Anxiety.