Effectiveness evaluation of coping training over anxiety competitive level in tabletennis players

Abstract

The study was to evaluate the effectiveness of three coping strategies over competitive anxiety in table tennis players. 60 player, between 13 and 18 years old (M = 14,7), participated in this study divided in four groups: control group (n = 17), diaphragmatic respiration (n = 15), scan relaxation (n = 13) and self-dialogue (n = 15). The participants answered the State Trait Anxiety Inventory before and after of psychological training program as well as one month later. The self-dialogue and diaphragmatic respiration groups present significant differences in relation to control group. Likewise, not founds significant differences between the scan relaxation group and control groupexcept in post-test evaluation.