Even warriors can be scared: a survey assessing anxiety and coping skills in competitive crossfit athletes

  • Competition anxiety has been demonstrated to decrease sports performance while increasing burnout risk. To date, its degree in CrossFit (CF) is unknown. The present study, therefore, examines competition fear and relevant coping skills as well as potential correlates of both in individuals participating in CF events. A total of n = 79 athletes answered a battery of three questionnaires (competition fear index, athletic coping skills inventory, mindfulness attention awareness scale). Substantial levels of anxiety, particularly regarding the somatic dimension of the competition fear index, were reported. The most pronounced coping skill was freedom of worry. While age or level of competition showed no/very small associations with survey data, sex was correlated to the psychological characteristics: women reported higher competition fears and lower coping skill levels (p > 0.05). Competition fears are highly prevalent in CF athletes and the preventive value of population-specific interventions, particularly in females, should be investigated in future trials.

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Author:Jan WilkeORCiDGND, Tatjana Pfarr, Mandy-Deborah Möller
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-534860
DOI:https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17061874
ISSN:1660-4601
Pubmed Id:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32183129
Parent Title (German):International journal of environmental research and public health
Publisher:MDPI
Place of publication:Basel
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Date of Publication (online):2020/03/13
Date of first Publication:2020/03/13
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Release Date:2020/04/29
Tag:competition fear; cross fitness; motivation; psychology
Volume:17
Issue:1874
Note:
This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited
HeBIS-PPN:465080367
Institutes:Psychologie und Sportwissenschaften / Sportwissenschaften
Dewey Decimal Classification:6 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 61 Medizin und Gesundheit / 610 Medizin und Gesundheit
7 Künste und Unterhaltung / 79 Sport, Spiele, Unterhaltung / 790 Freizeitgestaltung, darstellende Künste, Sport
Sammlungen:Universitätspublikationen
Open-Access-Publikationsfonds:Psychologie und Sportwissenschaften
Licence (German):License LogoCreative Commons - Namensnennung 4.0