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Journal article
Sports Specific Metacognitions and Competitive State Anxiety in Athletes: A Comparison between Different Sporting Types
Applied Cognitive Psychology, Vol.37(1), pp.200-211
2023
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Abstract
This study investigated the relationship between sport related metacognitions with state anxiety dimensions, and compared how sporting categories affected these variables, among an online sample of athletes (N = 187). A MANOVA revealed there were significant differences between sporting types in metacognitive beliefs relating to the utility of rumination and arousal, the need to control thoughts, and levels of somatic anxiety. Correlations and multiple regressions showed that that in contrast to the relationships with self-confidence, cognitive and somatic state anxiety were positively associated with specific dysfunctional metacognitive beliefs, but negatively related to metacognitive processes. Overall, these findings highlight that: (a) athletes might adopt metacognitions to meet the different cognitive demands of sport types; and (b) metacognitions are in part responsible for the occurrence of state anxiety and self-confidence during competitions. The findings of this study have implications toward how researchers and sports practitioners approach the comprehensive nature of competitive anxiety.
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- Title
- Sports Specific Metacognitions and Competitive State Anxiety in Athletes: A Comparison between Different Sporting Types
- Authors
- Emily Barrett (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Health and Behavioural Sciences - LegacyLee Kannis‐Dymand (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Health - PsychologySteven Love (Corresponding Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Road Safety Research CollaborationJuan Ramos‐Cejudo (Author) - Camilo José Cela UniversityGeoff P. Lovell (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Legacy
- Publication details
- Applied Cognitive Psychology, Vol.37(1), pp.200-211
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
- Date published
- 2023
- DOI
- 10.1002/acp.4040
- ISSN
- 1099-0720; 0888-4080
- Copyright note
- © 2023 The Authors. Applied Cognitive Psychology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
- Organisation Unit
- Road Safety Research Collaboration; Tropical Forests and People Research Centre; Forest Research Institute; School of Health - Psychology; School of Law and Society; School of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Legacy; Sustainability Research Cluster
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99698698402621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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