Ansiedad y su relación con la impulsividad en deportistas

Abstract

Anxiety is an emotional response that is presented through physical or cognitive symptoms, while impulsivity is a quick response to a situation, both are present in daily life and in turn in sport, so the objective of this research is to identify the relationship between anxiety and impulsivity in athletes. The methodology is of a correlational descriptive cross-sectional type; the population consisted of 142 athletes belonging to a neighborhood league in Quito, Ecuador, between 18 and 50 years of age; the Martens precompetitive anxiety test (CSAI-2) and the Barrat impulsivity scale (BIS-11) were used. The results showed that there was a relationship between the following dimensions: cognitive anxiety (Rho=0.286, p<0.001), somatic anxiety (Rho=0.479, p<0.001) and self confidence (Rho= -0.372, p<0.001) with impulsivity, so it can be concluded that anxiety levels tend to rise along with impulsivity levels, while if athletes have high levels of self confidence, impulsivity will be lower.