Basketball Player Mental Toughness and Anxiety Scores Before and After Training

A quasi-experimental study of 63 young professional male basketball players assessed before and after a six-week intervention. The dataset, authored by Atakan Yazıcı and last updated in May 2026, contains psychological assessment scores measuring mental toughness and sport competition anxiety. Statistical analyses including two-factor ANOVA and Mann–Whitney U tests were applied to the data.

Use Cases

• Analyze the relationship between individualized skills training and psychological resilience based on the described mental toughness subscales.
• Compare pre- and post-intervention anxiety levels between experimental and control groups based on the Sport Competition Anxiety Test (SCAT-A) scores.
• Investigate the effect of a six-week training program on specific mental toughness components (confidence, consistency, control) based on the SMTQ-14 questionnaire results.
• Model the impact of athlete demographics (e.g., age) on changes in psychological outcomes based on the participant description.

Strengths

• Dataset is based on a structured quasi-experimental study with a control group of 63 participants.
• Psychological assessments used validated instruments: the Sports Mental Toughness Questionnaire (SMTQ-14) and the Sport Competition Anxiety Test (SCAT-A).
• Statistical significance (p < 0.05) and moderate to large effect sizes are reported for the intervention's outcomes.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The dataset is limited to 63 young professional male basketball players, which may affect generalizability.

Provenance

Source

Atakan Yazıcı

Collection Method

Data collected via psychological assessments before and after a six-week tailored training program.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-11 04:21:13; freshness should be verified.