Pre-Competitive Anxiety and Self-Confidence Scores for Amateur Football Players

A longitudinal dataset from a 9-week psychological intervention study on 34 amateur American football players aged 16–18 years. The study administered the Competitive State Anxiety Inventory-2 Revised (CSAI-2R) before and after each game to measure changes in pre-competitive anxiety and self-confidence. The data was collected by researcher Erick Yael Fernández-Barradas and published on figshare in 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyzing changes in pre-competitive anxiety based on repeated CSAI-2R scores mentioned in the description
• Evaluating the longitudinal impact of a psychological intervention on self-confidence in amateur athletes
• Studying the application of the Individual Zones of Optimal Functioning (IZOF) model using empirical anxiety data
• Comparing psychological state trajectories across different weeks of a competitive sports season

Strengths

• Longitudinal design with repeated measures over a 9-week intervention period
• Data from 34 amateur athletes with a specific age range (16–18 years, M=16.97, SD=.80)
• Uses a standardized psychological instrument (Competitive State Anxiety Inventory-2 Revised)

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Data is from a single-group pre-experimental design, limiting generalizability

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

A pre-experimental repeated-measures design with a single group, using the CSAI-2R questionnaire administered before and after each game.

Time Range

Covers a 9-week American football season.

Freshness

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