Anxiety In Sports

Three factors were identified that contribute to the affects anxiety and stress has on an athlete’s performance. These factors were sent to psychologists and sports analysts who ranked them according to their level of importance they believed each factor had. Seven experts’ rankings are included in the funny mathematical section. Each expert participated in a survey that ranked the factors on a scale from one to ten. The degree of strict agreement between all the experts was 0.2000. Although this may seem like a number of great significance, the experts did possess the same views, making it difficult for the level of agreement to be high.

All three factors tied as being the most preferred. Between cognitive anxiety, somatic anxiety and self-confidence,

Compared to a regular psychologist who is an expertise in the behavioral and mental processes of the human mind, sports psychologists regularly study how psychological factors affect performance and the affects participation and exercise have regarding physical factors. Next time I would send out the survey strictly to sports psychologists. I would also send a study to athletic coaches because I believe being able to compare results to those who coach and those who study would bring a new view as to how stress and anxiety are perceived by others.

Areas of future research would include how gender affects an athlete’s performance. I want to expand my knowledge on whether or not men and women experience anxiety and stress differently. If it does then I want to know how it does. I would also want to further my research as to how to reduce stress and anxiety, discovering more ways how to cope with that feeling of panic. Next, I want to study the pressure athletes have of them on and off the field, court and arena because I believe that there are more underlying factors that affect an athlete even when they are not