An assessment of sports competitive anxiety between male and female sports persons

Abstract

The main aim of the present study was to determine the Anxiety between male and female sportspersons. To obtain data for this study, the investigator had selected One hundred (N=100) subjects, out of which fifty (N=50) male sportspersons and fifty (N=50) female sportspersons from state level tournament, who were playing in session 2018-19. The age of the subjects ranged from 18 to 28 years. To collect the required data for the present study, and to measure the Sports Competitive Anxiety, Marten’s (1990) Sports Competitive Anxiety test (SCAT) was used, Scoring was done for the questionnaire according to manuals. “T” test was applied to determine the significant difference and direction of difference in mean scores of variables between male and female sportspersons. The level of significance was set at 0.05 level. The results revealed a significant difference found between male players and female players on the variables of sports competitive anxiety. It concluded that, female sportspersons are at higher level of sports competition anxiety as compared to male sportspersons.