Abstract

AGUIRRE-LOAIZA, Héctor Haney  and  RAMOS BERMUDEZ, Santiago. Anxiety & State and Sociodemographic Variables in Youth Colombian Footballers During Competition. Divers.: Perspect. Psicol. [online]. 2011, vol.7, n.2, pp.239-251. ISSN 1794-9998.

In order to assess the anxiety state in relation to sociodemographical variables during competitions, players competing in the semifinals of the National Youth Football Championships (n = 93) held in Manizales in August 2009 were evaluated. The test used was Spielberger et ál.'s STAI (IDARE) (1970). The average age of participants was 17,4±2,0 years. The results of STAI were related to sociodemographic variables and athletic performance such as playing position, chronological age and sport, socio-economic strata, education and place of birth. It was found that the defenses, in the team of Valle del Cauca, the higher socioeconomic players (5-6) and the youngest athletes experienced higher levels of anxiety, while according to education, place of origin (capital vs. province) and chronological age differences were not significant.

Keywords : adolescence; anxiety; state anxiety; football; sport psychology.

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