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This study analyzed competitive anxiety and coping during competition with a congested schedule in male volleyball athletes according to match difficulty (MD). Eleven athletes had their competitive and coping anxiety levels analyzed before four matches, using the Competitive State Anxiety Inventory - 2 Revised (CSAI-2R) and Athletic Coping Skills Inventory-28 (ACSI-28), respectively. The MD level was calculated at the end of the competition. Anxiety levels did not change during matches. The ACSI-28 "free from worry" subscale score for match 1 was different from matches 2 and 4. The highest MD level match showed different score for the ACSI-28 "coping with adversity" subscale compared to the match with the lowest MD level. During the competition with a busy schedule, the analyzed athletes modulated their coping strategies according to their MD level. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study examines the relationship between competitive anxiety (in its cognitive and somatic components) and managerial behaviors, pressure, support, understanding, and the active involvement of parents in their children's sports activities. Thirty-seven competitive young swimmers with a mean age of 12.22 years were studied based on records of their athletic performance in two official competitions during the 2012-2013 season. To analyze the psychological variables, the athletes were administered the Spanish-adapted version of the Sport Anxiety Scale (SAS-2) and the Parental Involvement in Sport Questionnaire (PISQ), with the effect size analyzed in terms of gender and the performance of the swimmers. The results show the influence of competitive anxiety on performance, mostly centered in the worry, and gender differences, but no significant relation to parental influence was found. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Analizes to what extent certain personality profiles are associated with the incidence of sports injuries. Presents a quantitative study of correlational descriptive, with 453 athletes (285 men and 168 women) practitioners of team sports and individual sports. Assessed the competitive anxiety and competitiveness, as well as the number and severity of sports injuries. The results suggest that athletes whose profiles have higher number of injuries are manifesting high motivation oriented success along with high motivation to avoid failure. In addition, injured athletes had lower competitive anxiety that the group not injured. Results are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]