Ansiedade, estresse e estratégias de enfrentamento pré-competitivo de jogadores profissionais de basquetebol

Abstract

Some factors studied by Sport Psychology, such as anxiety and stress are considered fundamental due to their impact on athlete lives. Before intervening, it is necessary to evaluate these factors, justifying the present study, which aimed to verify the relationship between anxiety, stress and coping in basketball players in a period of pre-competitive training. A basketball team from the state of São Paulo (N = 13), participants of the New Basketball Brazil (NBB), aged 18-36 years, participated in the study. The Competitive State Anxiety Inventory (CSAI-2), the Recovery-Stress Questionnaire for Athletes (RESTQ-SPORT) and the Athletic Coping Skills Inventory-25BR (ACSI-25BR) were applied and the data analyzed in SPSS 23.0 using descriptive statistics, Spearman correlation and the Kruskal Wallis statistical test (p≤0.05). Concerning anxiety, athletes scored worse on the Cognitive Anxiety and Self-confidence subscales. In stress, they obtained good scores in the subscales Self-efficacy and Self-regulation and worse score in Injuries and Specific Stress. In coping, the best scores were in Confidence and Motivation and the worst in Performance Under Pressure. It is concluded that anxiety, stress and not having an adaptive coping can affect the performance of the athletes in this modality and category studied.