Sintomas de estresse pré-competitivo em atletas de modalidades individuais e coletivas

Abstract

Introduction: The objective of the present study was to verify the symptoms of pre-competitive stress in athletes in individual and team sports between 11 and 20 years old. Methodology: Quantitative, descriptive and cross-sectional study. For data collection, the Child and Youth Pre-Competitive Stress Symptom List (LSSPCI) instrument was used, which was applied 24 hours before the respective competitions. 130 athletes of both genders from individual and team sports participated in the study. Results: The analyzes showed that females had a higher level of stress when compared to males. The collective modalities also resulted in a greater value to the result of the individual modalities. Regarding ages, the only groups that showed statistically significant differences were 11 to 13 years old and 17 to 20 years old. In the modalities, the significances were between volleyball and swimming and handball and swimming. Regarding the most frequent symptoms in individual modalities, what came first on the list was "I get excited". In team sports, the most frequent symptom that appears in 1st place was "I'm afraid of making mistakes in the competition". Conclusion: It was possible to conclude that collective modalities presented higher levels of stress, as did the female gender. Ages between 11 and 13 years old and the handball modality showed higher levels of stress and the symptoms between the collective and individual modalities showed great similarity in the results. [resumo fornecido pelo autor]