Sports performance anxiety and confidence among college athletes: Does friendship quality mediate the two?
Gideon I. Juezan

Davao del Sur State College

Abstract

The study endeavored to recognize the mediating effect of friendship quality between sports performance anxiety and sports confidence of varsity athletes in state colleges in Davao del Sur and Davao Occidental. A non-experimental quantitative research design was used, utilizing descriptive, correlational and causative designs and data were taken from N=119 college athletes who were asked to respond on questionnaires online. In the analysis of the data, weighted mean, Pearson r, medgraph via linear regression and Sobel^s z test analysis were used. Results revealed that sports performance anxiety has a significant relationship with sports confidence and friendship quality significantly related to sports confidence. However, sports performance anxiety does not significantly correlate with friendship quality. Linear regression analysis found out that while sports performance anxiety and friendship quality significantly influence sport confidence among athletes, sports performance anxiety does not significantly influence friendship quality among athletes. Finally, while no mediating effect was noted on friendship quality, regressing it in combination with sports performance anxiety posed significant influence on confidence of athletes.

Keywords: sports anxiety, friendship, confidence, college athletes, mediating effect, Philippines.

Topic: Sport Coaching