2011, Volume 7

Anxiety, self-esteem and competition ranking of judokas



Hakan Kolayis1, Ihsan Sarı1

1Sakarya University, School of Physical Education and Sport, Sakarya, Sakarya, Turkey


Author for correspondence: Hakan Kolayis; Sakarya University, School of Physical Education and Sport, Sakarya, Sakarya, Turkey; email: hkolayis[at]sakarya.edu.tr


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Abstract

Background and Study Aim: The aim of this study was anxiety, self-esteem, self-confidence levels and competition ranking of Turkish judokas, the relationship of these variables with competition ranking.
Material and Methods: This study was conducted in Senior Men Turkish Judo Championship with 126 judokas. CSAI-2 (Competitive State Anxiety Inventory, STAI (State Trait Anxiety Inventory, Cooper Smith Self-esteem Inventory were used for data collection. The data was analyzed in SPSS 13.0 package program.
Results: t-test results showed that there was not a significant difference between males and females according to their state anxiety, cognitive anxiety, somatic anxiety, self-confidence and self-esteem points. Moreover, there was a correlation between cognitive anxiety and state anxiety, somatic anxiety and state anxiety and somatic anxiety and cognitive anxiety. Results also showed that there was a negative significant correlation between the variables of self-confidence and state anxiety, self- confidence and cognitive anxiety, self- confidence and somatic anxiety. Competition ranking was not found to be correlation with any of the variables excluding education level.
Conclusions: Self-esteem and anxiety points did not significantly differ according to gender. It was found that educational level significantly correlated with competition ranking and state-anxiety.


Key words: anxiety, competition ranking, judokas, self-confidence, self-esteem


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AMA:

Kolayis H, Sarı I. Anxiety, self-esteem and competition ranking of judokas. ARCH BUDO. 2011;7

APA:

Kolayis, H., & Sarı, I. (2011). Anxiety, self-esteem and competition ranking of judokas. ARCH BUDO, 7

Chicago:

Kolayis, Hakan, Sarı Ihsan. 2011. "Anxiety, self-esteem and competition ranking of judokas". ARCH BUDO 7

Harvard:

Kolayis, H., and Sarı, I. (2011). Anxiety, self-esteem and competition ranking of judokas. ARCH BUDO, 7

MLA:

Kolayis, H., and Sarı, I. "Anxiety, self-esteem and competition ranking of judokas." ARCH BUDO, vol. 7, 2011

Vancouver:

Kolayis H, Sarı I. Anxiety, self-esteem and competition ranking of judokas. ARCH BUDO 2011; 7