The International Journal of Indian Psychology

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Authors: Vincent Parnabas1, Julinamary Parnabas2, Antoinette Mary Parnabas3

Sports psychologists have long believed that high levels of cognitive anxiety during competition are harmful, worsening performance and even leading to dropout. The instrument used for the study comprised of a 27-item Competitive State Anxiety Inventory–2 and The Psychological Performance Inventory which had been distributed during sport between universities competition. The sample consisted of 98 handball players, including the national athletes (N=33), state athletes (N=21), district athletes (N=25) and university athletes (N= 19).The results showed that elite or national handball athletes exhibited lower levels of cognitive anxiety, F (3, 98) = 14.541, p < .01. The result also showed that the exits of negative correlation between cognitive anxiety and sport performance among handball players, (r = -0.69; p<0.05). Sport psychologists, sport counselors and coaches should use the present findings to recommend coping strategies to university and district level athletes that are appropriate for dealing with their athletes’ cognitive anxiety.

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Authors: Vincent Parnabas1, Julinamary Parnabas2, Antoinette Mary Parnabas3

Sports psychologists have long believed that high levels of cognitive anxiety during competition are harmful, worsening performance and even leading to dropout. The instrument used for the study comprised of a 27-item Competitive State Anxiety Inventory–2 and The Psychological Performance Inventory which had been distributed during sport between universities competition. The sample consisted of 101 basketball players, including the national athletes (N=33), state athletes (N=30), district athletes (N=27) and university athletes (N= 11). The results showed that elite or national basketball athletes exhibited lower levels of cognitive anxiety, F (3, 101) = 16.331, p < .01. The result also showed that the exits of negative correlation between cognitive anxiety and sport performance among basketball players, (r = -0.70; p<0.05). Sport psychologists, sport counselors and coaches should use the present findings to recommend coping strategies to university and district level athletes that are appropriate for dealing with their athletes’ cognitive anxiety.

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Authors: Vincent Parnabas1, Julinamary Parnabas2, Antoinette Mary Parnabas3

Sports psychologists have long believed that high levels of cognitive anxiety during competition are harmful, worsening performance and even leading to dropout. The instrument used for the study comprised of a 27-item Competitive State Anxiety Inventory–2 and The Psychological Performance Inventory which had been distributed during sport between universities competition. The sample consisted of 113 Track and Field players, including the national athletes (N=37), state athletes (N=38), district athletes (N=25) and university athletes (N= 13).The results showed that elite or national Track and Field athletes exhibited lower levels of cognitive anxiety, F (3, 113) = 15.001, p < .01. The result also showed that the exits of negative correlation between cognitive anxiety and sport performance among Track and Field players, (r = -0.67; p<0.05). Sport psychologists, sport counselors and coaches should use the present findings to recommend coping strategies to university and district level athletes that are appropriate for dealing with their athletes’ cognitive anxiety.

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Authors: Vincent Parnabas1, Julinamary Parnabas2, Antoinette Mary Parnabas3

Sports psychologists have long believed that high levels of cognitive anxiety during competition are harmful, worsening performance and even leading to dropout. The instrument used for the study comprised of a 27-item Competitive State Anxiety Inventory–2 and The Psychological Performance Inventory which had been distributed during sport between universities competition. The sample consisted of 78 Taekwondo players, including the national athletes (N=22), state athletes (N=23), district athletes (N=18) and university athletes (N= 15).The results showed that elite or national Taekwondo athletes exhibited lower levels of cognitive anxiety, F (3, 78) = 14.232, p < .01. The result also showed that the exits of negative correlation between cognitive anxiety and sport performance among Taekwondo players, (r = -0.71; p<0.05). Sport psychologists, sport counselors and coaches should use the present findings to recommend coping strategies to university and district level athletes that are appropriate for dealing with their athletes’ cognitive anxiety.

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Authors: Athletes Vincent Parnabas1, Julinamary Parnabas2, Antoinette Mary Parnabas3

Sports psychologists have long believed that high levels of cognitive anxiety during competition are harmful, worsening performance and even leading to dropout. The instrument used for the study comprised of a 27-item Competitive State Anxiety Inventory–2 and The Psychological Performance Inventory which had been distributed during sport between universities competition. The sample consisted of 107 runners, including the national athletes (N=33), state athletes (N=21), district athletes (N=35) and university athletes (N= 18).The results showed that elite or national Running athletes exhibited lower levels of cognitive anxiety, F (3, 77) = 15.247, p < .01. The result also showed that the exits of negative correlation between cognitive anxiety and sport performance among runners, (r = -0.72; p<0.05). Sport psychologists, sport counselors and coaches should use the present findings to recommend coping strategies to university and district level athletes that are appropriate for dealing with their athletes’ cognitive anxiety.