期刊名称：Ovidius University Annals, Series Physical Education and Sport/Science, Movement and Health
印刷版ISSN：1224-7359
出版年度：2010
卷号：10
期号：2
页码：571-576
语种：English
出版社：Ovidius University Press
摘要：The Purpose: The aim of this study was to investigate the pre and post game state and trait anxiety levels and psychological symptoms of female volleyball players.Methods and procedures: This study was carried out with 20 female volleyball players who participated in the games of Turkey Universities Volleyball Championships which was jointly organized in Kayseri by Turkey University Sports Federation and Erciyes University.Voluntary players completed a 20-item state and trait anxiety and a 53-item Brief Symptom Inventory before and after the game.Statistical analysis was carried out after the results of the questionnaire were evaluated,using Wilcoxon Rank Test which is a nonparametric test used to determine the significance of the difference between dependent groups.The significance level was determined as p<0,05 Results:No statistically significant difference was found between the pre and post game state and trait anxiety scores (p>0,05).Pre-game hostility,paranoid ideation and the index of additional items were found significantly high when the results of brief symptom inventory were compared (p<0,05).Furthermore,levels of pre-game somatization,obsessive-compulsive disorder,depression and anxiety disorder were observed to be higher than those of the post game’s.There was a significant difference between the pre and post game index of the positive symptom total when global indices were compared (p<0,05).Although no statistical difference was observed in the levels of the general severity index and the positive symptom distress index,the pre-game results were found to be higher than the post-game results (p>0,05).Conclusions: In conclusion,the game stress had an effect on high level of trait and state anxiety scores of female volleyball players who participated in our study.In addition,the game stress has caused significantly higher hostility,paranoid thoughts and positive symptom total levels.Although no significant differences were found,somatization,obsessive-compulsive disorder,general severity index and positive symptom distress index levels,it was thought that these psychological symptoms were also affected by the game stress.
