Prevalência de ansiedade traço e estado nas competições individuais e de conjunto em atletas de ginástica rítmica.

Abstract

The comparative study have the purpose to verify the prevalence of the trait anxiety state in individual and group modalities of competing athletes of Rhythmic Gymnastics. Therefore, a questionnaire of The Trait Anxiety Inventory State, IDATE, in 84 athletes competing in the National Tournament of Rhythmic Gymnastics, carried in the city of Porto Alegre-RS. The statistical analysis was performed using Alpha of Crombach. The results demonstrated that the athletes competing on the individual modalities showed a higher presence of the anxiety inventory state. Comparing results, it was also observed that there was no increase in levels of anxiety in pre-competition, suggesting that the competitive phase is positive for the athletes.