Abstract:

This study aims to determine the pre-competition anxiety level and the affecting factors of this anxiety level in team athletes. The relational screening method, one of the quantitative research designs, was used in the study. The population of the study consisted of athletes over the age of 18 from the branches of underwater hockey, football, and handball, who had a good training level and participated in competitions; the sample consisted of 379 competitive athletes (age:21.83±4.12), 147 of whom were female and 232 of whom were male, determined according to 95% confidence interval and 5% margin of error.  Data was collected with the “Revised Competition State Anxiety Inventory-2 (CSAI-2R)”. T-test, one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) and Pearson correlation test were used in the analysis of the data. According to the obtained statistical results, cognitive anxiety scores in all branches were between 8.11-8.62 and at a high level; somatic anxiety scores were between 7.54-8.34 and at a moderate level; self-confidence scores were found to be between 14.61-14.95 and at a high level. It has been observed that men have a more positive effect on communication with the coach than women. It was determined that somatic anxiety based on branch was high in favor of the handball branch.

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