State Anxiety of Shooting Attending the 43rd Institute of Physical Education Games of Thailand

Abstract

            This research aims to study and compare degrees of situated anxiety between male and female shooters who participated in the 43rd competition arranged by Institute of Physical Education of Thailand. 102 shooters who participated in the 43rd competition arranged by Institute of Physical Education of Thailand were selected as a population by purposive sampling method. Among these participants, 56 were male while another 46 were female. A tool that used to collect data was Revised Competitive Sport Anxiety Inventory – 2 (CSAI – 2R) (Cox; Martens; & Russell. 2003) with validity value of 0.75. This included with physical anxiety, mental anxiety, and self confidence. Data were analyzed by comparing differences of mean (μ) and standard deviation (σ) of situated anxiety between male and female shooters for three day and before the competition in the qualifying round before an hour is day and prior to the final round. T-Test Independent was a statistic that used in order to examine differences at a statistical significance of .05 The research found it that:

       1. Situated anxiety prior to the competition in the qualifying round for a three days found that both male and female shooters had physical anxiety, mental anxiety and

1. Situated anxiety prior to the competition in the qualifying round for a day found that both male and female shooters had physical anxiety, mental anxiety and self confidence in moderate level and found no statistical significance.


2. Situated anxiety prior to the final round for an hour found that both male and female shooters had physical anxiety in moderate level with no statistical significance, had self confidence in high level with no statistical significance. Mental anxiety of male and female shooters found to be high and different at a statistical significance of .05