Comparison of Sport Competitive Anxiety Levels of Flemish Athletes with and without Intellectual Disability

Autor/inn/en	Van Biesen, Debbie; Marin-Urquiza, Adriana; McCulloch, Katina; Van Damme, Tine
Titel	Comparison of Sport Competitive Anxiety Levels of Flemish Athletes with and without Intellectual Disability
Quelle	In: Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 34 (2021) 2, S.516-524 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Van Biesen, Debbie)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1360-2322
DOI	10.1111/jar.12816
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Athletes; Anxiety; Intellectual Disability; Competition; Measures (Individuals); Scores; Belgium + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Athlet; Angst; Intellect; Disability; Disabilities; Verstand; Behinderung; Wettkampf; Messdaten; Belgien
Abstract	Background: High anxiety levels are common in people with intellectual disabilities (ID) and anxiety can affect sport performance, but sport competitive anxiety profiles in athletes with ID are unknown. Methods: A total of 303 athletes; 116 with ID (33% female, M age = 22.64, SD = 3.94), and 187 without ID (54% female, M age = 21.81, SD = 3.23), completed the modified questionnaire Sport Anxiety Scale-2-FLemish-ID (SAS-2-FL-ID). Results: The SAS-2-FL-ID was a valid tool to use in a population of athletes with ID. They had higher trait anxiety (9.36 ± 2.62) than peers without ID (7.58 ± 2.44), F = 26.95, p<0.001. With respect to sport anxiety, they only scored higher on the "concentration disruption" subscale. Their overall level of competitive anxiety across all subscales (24.14 ± 7.73) was significantly lower compared to athletes without ID (26.51 ± 7.49), F = 27.10, p<0.001. Conclusion: On the sporting field, athletes with ID worry less and feel less somatic anxiety compared to athletes without ID. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2022/1/01