Effects of Psychological Skills Training on Anxiety Reduction among Student-Athletes at the University of Lagos
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.63561/jhssr.v2i3.843Keywords:
Anxiety, Concentration, Psychological Skill, Sports Performance, Student AthletesAbstract
This study investigated the effect of psychological skill training on anxiety reduction among student athletes in the University of Lagos. The research design adopted was a quasi-experimental design. -A stage sampling process was used to select twenty student athletes at the University of Lagos for the study. The Sport Anxiety Scale (SAS) was the instrument used to collect relevant data. The test-retest reliability value obtained for the instrument using the Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient was 0.82. Data collected for this study were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The hypotheses were analyzed using Analysis of variance (ANOVA) at 0.05 level of significance. Findings of the study revealed that psychological skills training had a significant effect on somatic and cognitive anxiety among student athletes at the University of Lagos. Based on the findings, it was recommended that Athletes should be exposed to psychological skills training, particularly for anxiety control by a trained and qualified mental trainer.
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