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A comparative study on sports competitive anxiety between female national and state level volleyball players

Author(s) Prof. Gopa Saha
Country India
Abstract Abstract
Background: Today, volleyball has indeed become a widely enjoyed sport across the globe. The psychology of volleyball plays a crucial role in the performance and success of athletes on the court. Sports competition anxiety is a psychological phenomenon characterized by a heightened sense of apprehension, fear, or nervousness experienced by athletes before or during competitive events. It is a multifaceted condition influenced by a combination of cognitive, emotional, and physiological factors.
Objective: The purpose of the study was to compare sports competition anxiety between female national and state-level volleyball players of West Bengal.
Methodology: Thirteen national-level female volleyball players and thirteen state-level female volleyball players were required for this study from different sports clubs in West Bengal. The age of the subjects ranged between 16 and 19 years. Anxiety was measured through the Sports Competition Anxiety Test (Martens, R., 1977), respectively.
Result: The obtained results show that no significant difference was found in anxiety (P = 0.05) between female national and state-level volleyball players. It was also found that insignificant difference between national-level female volleyball players (mean-18.53/sd-3.655) and state-level female volleyball players (mean-17.2/sd-3.633) on anxiety, and t value is 0.161. Conclusion: It is concluded that there are insignificant differences found in sports competition anxiety between female national and state-level volleyball players.
Keywords Keywords: Anxiety, volleyball, volleyball players, questionnaire, psychological variable
Published In Volume 8, Issue 2, March-April 2026
Published On 2026-03-19
DOI https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2026.v08i02.71874
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