Research on College Men's Basketball Athletes' Pre-competition State Anxiety and Related Affecting Factors

Objective: To observe the competitive state anxiety and its relevant factors of college men's basketball athletes.Methods: 130 college men's basketball athletes who participated in 2010 National basketball competition were investigated by Competitive State Anxiety Inventory-2 and self-organized Basic Demography Data Questionnaire.Results: ①The scores of cognitive anxiety and self-confidence of college men's basketball athletes were significantly higher than that of the sample of CBA(P0.05).②The scores of cognitive anxiety,the total scores of competitive state anxiety in college men's basketball athletes who played in different positions had statistical significance(P0.05).③There were statistical significance in every dimensionality among different time of years they played,and the scores of cognitive anxiety,somatic anxiety as well as the total of athletes who played shorter than 5 years were higher than those in the other two groups;the scores of self-confidence was lower than those of the other two groups(P0.01).④There was statistical significance in every dimensionality among different mean playing time(MPT),the scores of cognitive anxiety,somatic anxiety as well as the total of whose MPT within 10-30min were higher than those in the other two groups,the scores of self-confidence in whose MPT within 10min were lower than those of the other two groups(P0.05).⑤The scores of anxiety in dimensionality of national secondary rate athletes were higher than those the national first rate athletes,but the scores of self-confidence of national secondary rate athletes were much lower than those of the first rate athletes(P0.05).Conclusion: Athletes level,the years they played,MPT as well as the position of college men's basketball athletes are related with the precompetitive state anxiety.