American Football Athlete Anxiety Scores During a 9-Week Breathing and Posing Intervention

A 9-week longitudinal study evaluated the influence of slow-paced breathing and power posing on pre-competitive anxiety in an amateur American football team. Thirty-four amateur athletes aged 16–18 years participated, with the Competitive State Anxiety Inventory-2 Revised (CSAI-2R) administered before and after each game. The dataset was published by Erick Yael Fernández-Barradas on figshare in May 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyzing changes in pre-competitive anxiety dimensions based on repeated CSAI-2R measurements.
• Evaluating the longitudinal impact of a psychological intervention protocol on self-confidence.
• Studying the relationship between slow-paced breathing and power posing techniques and emotional states preceding competition.

Strengths

• Data collected longitudinally over a 9-week intervention period.
• Includes 34 amateur athlete participants with a defined age range (16–18 years).
• Uses a standardized psychological assessment tool (CSAI-2R).

Limitations

• Row count and column-level documentation are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The study employed a pre-experimental repeated-measures design with a single group, which may limit generalizability.
• The dataset is small, with a file size of 316.8 KB, indicating limited scope.

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

A pre-experimental repeated-measures design with a single group, consisting of a 9-week intervention.

Time Range

Data collected over a 9-week season.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-21 05:42:43; freshness should be verified.

Geography

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