Sports Anxiety among High School Athletes
中學運動選手的運動焦慮
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https://doi.org/10.24112/ajper.141739Keywords:
Competitive anxiety, sports participation, high school students, level of representation in sportsAbstract
LANGUAGE NOTE | Document text in English; abstract also in Chinese.
This study examined competitive anxiety in sports among the participants in a high school located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. One hundred and fifteen students (60 males and 55 females) took part in this study, all of who at least participated in a sport or game representing sport house, school, or district level. All subjects were 15 years old. The results showed that there was a significant difference between male and female participants where male participants reported lower level of competitive anxiety than female. As predicted, participants represented district level also reported lower of competitive anxiety compared to participants representing sport house or school level. No significant difference in competitive anxiety emerged among participants of different ethnicity. Recommendations were suggested for further studies.
本文旨在探討馬來西亞吉隆坡中學運動選手的競賽運動焦慮情況。邀請了60位男生和55位女生參加是次研究,結果顯示:男生的競賽焦慮情緒低於女生,明顯差異也存在於來自不同地區的學生及學校組別等。
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