Anxiety in Jiu-Jitsu athletes: differences according to age and competitive level

• Autor(a) principal: Freire, Gabriel Lucas Morais
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Ferraz, Júlia Cavalcanti, Lima-Junior, Dalton de, Granja, Carla Thamires Laranjeira, Oliveira, Daniel Vicentini de, Nascimento Junior, José Roberto Andrade do
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Research, Society and Development
• Texto Completo: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/6488
• topic: Ansiedad competitiva; Jiu Jitsu; Psicología del deporte; Estado de ansiedad; Atletas.; Ansiedade competitiva; Jiu Jitsu; Psicologia do esporte; Estado de ansiedade; Atletas.; Competitive anxiety; Jiu Jitsu; Psychology of sport; Anxiety-status; Athletes.

The aim of this study was to analyze pre-competitive anxiety based on the age range and competitive classification of 26 jiu-jitsu athletes aged 25.5 ± 5.24 years. The instrument used was the Competitive State Anxiety Inventory-2 (CSAI-2). Data analysis was conducted using the Shapiro-Wilk, independent Student's t-test, Pearson's correlation and simple linear regression (p <0.05). The results revealed that older and more competitive athletes presented a lower magnitude of cognitive anxiety (p <0.05). We observed a moderate and inverse association (r = -0.63, p <0.05) between cognitive anxiety and age, accounting for 38% (R2 = 0.38) of the variance of cognitive anxiety in athletes. It was concluded that age and competitive classification can be considered as intervening factors in the pre-competitive anxiety of jiu-jitsu athletes, specifically in cognitive anxiety.