Relationship of Competitive Anxiety Intensity and Direction to an Amount of Experience and Competitive Level in Alpine Skiing

This thesis deals with the differences in the intensity and the direction of competitive anxiety among ski racers with different amount of experience at various competitive levels. The participants of the research were male adult and junior alpine skiers performing at various competitive levels (n= 66; M = 21,50; SD = 4,02). The participants completed the CSAI-2 inventory including additional direction subscales (Jones, Swain, 1992). Neither multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) nor two-way univariate analysis of variance (two-way ANOVA) revealed any significant interaction or main effects of the amount of experience on the competitive anxiety intensity and direction. The MANOVAs and ANOVAs revealed significant main effects of competitive level on the cognitive and somatic anxiety direction and the self-confidence intensity and direction. The two way ANOVAs revealed a significant interaction effect of the amount of experience and the competitive level on the self-confidence intensity. No differences were found among ski racers at various competitive levels in the intensity or the direction of competitive anxiety and the self-confidence intensity and direction. Furthermore, although no differences in the competitive anxiety intensity were revealed about ski racers at various competitive levels,..