Citation

Finkenberg ME, DiNucci JN, McCune ED, McCune SL. Percept. Mot. Skills 1992; 75(3): 835-839.

Affiliation

Department of Kinesiology and Health Science, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX 75962-3015.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1992, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

1454483

Abstract

77 cheerleaders participating in a national collegiate championship competition were administered the Competitive State Anxiety Inventory-2 immediately prior to performance. Significant correlations were found between cognitive and somatic state anxiety, a finding consistent with previous research. Negative correlations were found between both cognitive and somatic anxiety and self-confidence, also as previously reported. Canonical discriminant analysis indicated that significant discrimination between the teams could be accomplished by a combination of the state-anxiety variables. Both groups, 36 men and 41 women, differed significantly from normative scores on the somatic subscale.

Language: en