The Impact of Competitive Trait Anxiety on Collegiate Powerlifting Performance

The Impact of Competitive Trait Anxiety on Collegiate Powerlifting Performance

ABSTRACTJudge, LW, Urbina, LJ, Hoover, DL, Craig, BW, Judge, LM, Leitzelar, BM, Pearson, DR, Holtzclaw, KA, and Bellar, DM. The impact of competitive trait anxiety on collegiate powerlifting performance. J Strength Cond Res 30(9)2399–2405, 2016—The purpose of this study was to determine the relation...

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Published in:Journal of strength and conditioning research Vol. 30; no. 9; pp. 2399 - 2405
Main Authors: Judge, Lawrence W, Urbina, Leslie J, Hoover, Donald L, Craig, Bruce W, Judge, Lani M, Leitzelar, Brianna M, Pearson, David R, Holtzclaw, Kara A, Bellar, David M
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: United States Copyright by the National Strength & Conditioning Association 01-09-2016
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Ovid Technologies
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Anxiety
Anxiety - psychology
Athletes
Athletic Performance - psychology
Body Weight
College sports
Female
Human performance
Humans
Male
Personality traits
Sports
Surveys and Questionnaires
Universities
Weight Lifting - psychology
Weightlifting
Young Adult
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Summary:ABSTRACTJudge, LW, Urbina, LJ, Hoover, DL, Craig, BW, Judge, LM, Leitzelar, BM, Pearson, DR, Holtzclaw, KA, and Bellar, DM. The impact of competitive trait anxiety on collegiate powerlifting performance. J Strength Cond Res 30(9)2399–2405, 2016—The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between competitive trait anxiety measures and powerlifting (PL) performance. Thirty-six collegiate powerlifters on club teams from 3 universities were recruited during a competition (men = 26, women = 10; age = 19.9 ± 1.5 years; height = 172.5 ± 8.6 cm; weight = 81.4 ± 21.0 kg). The athletes were distributed across weight classes for collegiate PL (47.6 kg1; 51.7 kg1; 54.9 kg1; 59.8 kg3; 67.1 kg2; 74.8 kg7; 82.1 kg4; 89.8 kg9; 99.8 kg5; super heavyweight3). A survey containing questions about PL performance history and the 15-item Sport Competition Anxiety Test (SCAT) were administered to the participants before competing. The SCAT total was negatively correlated (r = −0.397; p = 0.02) to the athletesʼ percentage of best total achieved in the competition (actual performance total/best comp total × 100). Of the individual lifts, the SCAT score was negatively correlated to the personal best for bench press (r = −0.368; p = 0.03) and deadlift (r = −0.317, p = 0.05), but did not significantly correlate for squat (r = −0.182, p = 0.27). These results indicate a negative correlation between the SCAT score and athletesʼ personal best totals in PL. Increased SCAT scores were associated with decreased personal best PL totals. The results suggest that competitive trait anxiety may have negatively impacted performance and that some PL athletes may benefit from interventions aimed at decreasing anxiety before and during performance.
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ISSN:1064-8011
1533-4287
DOI:10.1519/JSC.0000000000001363