Correlational study of psychological variables self-confidence and anxiety

The purpose of this study is to analyze the concurrent validity of the psychological variables self-confidence and anxiety among the psychological measurement instruments: Psychological Characteristics Questionnaire related to Sports Performance (CPRD); Competitive State Anxiety Inventory-2 (CSAI-2); and Sports Psychological Inventory LOEHR. For this purpose, a correlational study was conducted between the selected variables and pertinent aspects of the measurement instruments. The study has revealed that the psychological variables self-confidence and anxiety are relevant in all three instruments, although not in all of the selected items.

Keywords:
correlation; concurrent validity; psychological instruments; psychological variables

Questionnaire		Items
CPRD	8	"In most of the competitions, I am confident that I will have a good performance"
26	"My self-confidence is unstable"
32	"I have faith in myself"
54	"I usually trust myself even in the hardest moments of a competition"
CSAI-2	9	"I trust myself"
12	"I feel confident"
15	"I am confident that I can have a good performance under pressure"
18	"I am sure that I can do well".
LOEHR	8	"I believe in myself as an athlete"

22	"I can perform beyond my skills and talent"
29	"I am a mentally strong competitor"

		CSAI-2
LOEHR	8	11.81; .733	6.56; .386	13.60; .769	13.03; .770
	8	(.008)	(.363)	(.009)	(.011)
	22	5.14; .342	10.54; .489	2.139; .216	3.43; .280
	22	(.525)	(.104)	(.710)	(.487)
	29	2.68; .247	6.42; .377	5.37; .342	1.31; .173
(.847)	(.377)	(.251)	(.860)

		CPRD
Items		8	26	32	54
LOEHR	8	8.91; .431	13.03; .521	12.40; .508	12.16; .503
	8	(.349)	(.111)	(.011)	(.114)
	22	7.582; .397	9.16; .437	5.83; .349	13.45; .529
	22	(.475)	(.328)	(.212)	(.097)
	29	4.73; .314	6.19; .359	2.33; .220	5.576; .341
(.785)	(.626)	(.675)	(.695)

		CSAI-2
Items		9	12		15	18
CPRD	8	10.16; .393	4.259; 0.254	6.57; .378	4.97; .336
	8	(.601)	(.894)	(.583)	(.761)
	26	13.82; .458	5.99; .301	6.69; .381	8.61; .442
	26	(.312)	(.740)	(.570)	(.376)
	32	6.14; .382	3.66; .289	2.85; .249	2.29; .323
	32	(.378)	(.722)	(.583)	(.682)
	54	14.10; .462	12.22; .430	3.37; .271	8.25; .433
(.294)	(.428)	(.909)	(.409)

Questionnaire	Nº	Item
CPRD	6	"I hardly ever feel so tense, so as to let it negatively influence my performance"
16	"Sometimes I feel very anxious while I am participating in a sport event"
30	"I can control my stress efficiently"
CSAI-2	1	"I am worried about this competition"
2	"I feel nervous"
8	"My body is stressed"
26	"I am stiff"
LOEHR	2	"I get angry and frustrated along the competition"
9	"I am nervous along the competition"
16	"Errors throughout the competition make me feel and think negatively"
23	"My muscles tense very much along the competition"
37	"I can remain calm in the competition, although matters of concern appear"

		CSAI-2
Items		1		2	8	26
LOEHR	2	9.40; .639	5.54; .347	8.37; .348	3.78; .405
	2	(.401)	(.476)	(.497)	(.286)
	9	8.75; .356	3.83; .409	5.86; .292	5.21; .476
	9	(.460)	(.699)	(.753)	(.157)
	16	10.56; .391	1.99; .208	3.96; .240	5.90; .507
	16	(.307)	(.920)	(.914)	(.117)
	23	10.96; .399	5.57; .348	10.05; .382	2.82; .350
	23	(.532)	(.695)	(.611)	(.588)
	37	10.27; .386	1.06; .152	7.57; .331	1.49; .255
(.328)	(.983)	(.578)	(.684)

		CPRD
Items		6	16		30
LOEHR	2	14.12; .767	26.43; .606	5.36; .273
	2	(.293)	(.034)	(.802)
	9	12.19; .412	11.91; .407	7.77; .329
	9	(.430)	(.685)	(.557)
	16	8.27; .339	9.19; .357	6.00; .289
	16	(.764)	(.867)	(.740)
	23	17.22; .424	18.66; .544	8.23; .338
	23	(.371)	(.544)	(.766)
	37	12.84; .422	12.68; .420	8.93; .352
(.381)	(.627)	(.443)

		CSAI-2
Items		1	2		8	26
CPRD	6	21.14; .542	8.96; .432	11.23; .395	1.11; .216
	6	(.048)	(.345)	(.509)	(.891)
	16	15.58; .465	26.17; .739	15.03; .457	4.10; .414
	16	(.410)	(.04)	(.449)	(.534)
	30	8.94; .352	1.88; .198	13.21; .428	4.95; .454
(.443)	(.930)	(.153)	(.175)

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