TY - JOUR
T1 - The impact of competitive trait anxiety on collegiate powerlifting performance
AU - Judge, Lawrence W.
AU - Urbina, Leslie J.
AU - Hoover, Donald L.
AU - Craig, Bruce W.
AU - Judge, Lani M.
AU - Leitzelar, Brianna M.
AU - Pearson, David R.
AU - Holtzclaw, Kara A.
AU - Bellar, David M.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 National Strength and Conditioning Association.
PY - 2016/9/1
Y1 - 2016/9/1
N2 - Judge, LW, Urbina, LJ, Hoover, DL, Craig, BW, Judge, LM, Leitzelar, BM, Pearson, DR, Holtzclaw, KA, and Bellar, DM. The impact of competitive trait anxiety on collegiate powerlifting performance. J Strength Cond Res 30(9): 2399-2405, 2016 - The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between competitive trait anxiety measures and powerlifting (PL) performance. Thirty-six collegiate powerlifters on club teams from 3 universities were recruited during a competition (men 26, women 10; age 19.9 ± 1.5 years; height 172.5 ± 8.6 cm; weight 81.4 ± 21.0 kg). The athletes were distributed across weight classes for collegiate PL (47.6 kg: 1; 51.7 kg: 1; 54.9 kg: 1; 59.8 kg: 3; 67.1 kg: 2; 74.8 kg: 7; 82.1 kg: 4; 89.8 kg: 9; 99.8 kg: 5; super heavyweight: 3). A survey containing questions about PL performance history and the 15-item Sport Competition Anxiety Test (SCAT) were administered to the participants before competing. The SCAT total was negatively correlated (r -0.397; p 0.02) to the athletes' percentage of best total achieved in the competition (actual performance total/best comp total × 100). Of the individual lifts, the SCAT score was negatively correlated to the personal best for bench press (r -0.368; p 0.03) and deadlift (r -0.317, p 0.05), but did not significantly correlate for squat (r -0.182, p 0.27). These results indicate a negative correlation between the SCAT score and athletes' personal best totals in PL. Increased SCAT scores were associated with decreased personal best PL totals. The results suggest that competitive trait anxiety may have negatively impacted performance and that some PL athletes may benefit from interventions aimed at decreasing anxiety before and during performance.
AB - Judge, LW, Urbina, LJ, Hoover, DL, Craig, BW, Judge, LM, Leitzelar, BM, Pearson, DR, Holtzclaw, KA, and Bellar, DM. The impact of competitive trait anxiety on collegiate powerlifting performance. J Strength Cond Res 30(9): 2399-2405, 2016 - The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between competitive trait anxiety measures and powerlifting (PL) performance. Thirty-six collegiate powerlifters on club teams from 3 universities were recruited during a competition (men 26, women 10; age 19.9 ± 1.5 years; height 172.5 ± 8.6 cm; weight 81.4 ± 21.0 kg). The athletes were distributed across weight classes for collegiate PL (47.6 kg: 1; 51.7 kg: 1; 54.9 kg: 1; 59.8 kg: 3; 67.1 kg: 2; 74.8 kg: 7; 82.1 kg: 4; 89.8 kg: 9; 99.8 kg: 5; super heavyweight: 3). A survey containing questions about PL performance history and the 15-item Sport Competition Anxiety Test (SCAT) were administered to the participants before competing. The SCAT total was negatively correlated (r -0.397; p 0.02) to the athletes' percentage of best total achieved in the competition (actual performance total/best comp total × 100). Of the individual lifts, the SCAT score was negatively correlated to the personal best for bench press (r -0.368; p 0.03) and deadlift (r -0.317, p 0.05), but did not significantly correlate for squat (r -0.182, p 0.27). These results indicate a negative correlation between the SCAT score and athletes' personal best totals in PL. Increased SCAT scores were associated with decreased personal best PL totals. The results suggest that competitive trait anxiety may have negatively impacted performance and that some PL athletes may benefit from interventions aimed at decreasing anxiety before and during performance.
KW - arousal
KW - competition
KW - strength
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U2 - 10.1519/JSC.0000000000001363
DO - 10.1519/JSC.0000000000001363
M3 - Article
C2 - 26881803
AN - SCOPUS:84985027656
SN - 1064-8011
VL - 30
SP - 2399
EP - 2405
JO - Journal of strength and conditioning research
JF - Journal of strength and conditioning research
IS - 9
ER -