Rethinking the role of anxiety and self-efficacy in collective sports achievements

Abstract

The influence of an athlete's anxiety and self-efficacy on sports achievement has been the subject of numerous research, but their relationship is not fully understood. In our research, we try to explore the influence of competitive anxiety and General Self-Efficacy on sports achievement. To explore that relationship, we examined 76 active athletes in collective sports. The following instruments were applied: Competitive State Anxiety Inventory, General Self-Efficacy Scale, and Questionnaire of Sports Achievement (ad hoc made instrument). The results show that Cognitive anxiety (a dimension of the Competitive anxiety) negatively correlates with sports achievement (r = -.38, p