- Title
- Examining group differences in emotion regulation strategies and the state and trait anxiety of lifeguards and non-lifeguards in a real-world precompetitive situation
- Creator
- Calverley, Hannah; Davis, Paul; Harvey, Jack; Mesagno, Christopher
- Date
- 2020
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/174521
- Identifier
- vital:14804
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.25035/IJARE.12.02.04
- Identifier
- ISBN:1932-9997 (ISSN)
- Abstract
- The purpose of this study was to investigate differences, between swimmer-lifeguards and swimmer-non-lifeguards, in trait and state anxiety and emotion regulation techniques in a real-life precompetitive situation with a secondary focus on gender differences. The Emotion Regulation Questionnaire, Sport Anxiety Scale - 2 and the Mental Readiness Form - 3 were distributed to 100 participants at university swimming competitions in the United Kingdom. Swimmer-lifeguards displayed significantly lower cognitive (p=.03) and somatic state (p=.05) anxiety and cognitive trait anxiety (p=.02) than swimmer-non-lifeguards. Males reported significantly lower levels of cognitive and somatic trait anxiety (p<.01) than females. There was also a gender-group interaction, with male swimmer-lifeguards showing significantly lower somatic trait anxiety than the other groups (p<.03). Males indicated significantly greater use of reappraisal than females (p=.01); no other effects were observed. These results support previous research regarding lifeguard characteristics, however the nature of these qualities and how they originate require further exploration. © 2020 Human Kinetics Publishers Inc.. All rights reserved.
- Publisher
- Human Kinetics Publishers Inc.
- Relation
- International Journal of Aquatic Research and Education Vol. 12, no. 2 (2020), p.
- Rights
- Metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Rights
- Copyright @ Human Kinetics, Inc.
- Rights
- Open Access
- Subject
- 1117 Public Health and Health Services; 1302 Curriculum and Pedagogy; Cognitive anxiety; Lifeguards; Reappraisal; Somatic anxiety; Suppression
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