Comparing the levels of anxiety which is felt by the soccer players the start of game and the effects of some parametric values

The aim of this study is to define the anxiety levels of menand women football players before the start of game and make acomparison among them and also find out the effects of some parametricvalues. The population of this study has comprised the soccer playerssuch as:352 Women soccer players of 16 teams who are struggling inthe Senior Category of Turkish Woman Soccer League administered bythe Amateur Activities Section of Turkish Football Federation264 Men soccer players of 12 teams who are struggling inthe Ankara Super Amateur Football Division.On the other hand, the sampling of this study has comprised 123 soccerplayers who are randomly selected in this population and consist of 73men players and 50 women players.Throughout this study, the inventory of state and anxietywhich was developed by Spielberger and his co. workers (1970) has beena questionnaire involving the questions set forth by the researcher hasbeen used as a tool of data collection where the validity and reliabilitystudies of this inventory had been performed by Öner (1977). Thequestions which are posed in this questionnaire, have been prepared inthe light of knowledge acquired by the screening of relevant literature textsand also the opinions of those persons who are considered to be thespecialist of this field, have been taken in this regard.The descriptive statistical methods have been used in theanalytical process of acquired date and frequency rates have beenaccepted as the fundamental point. By giving the due consideration on thesocio-demographic characteristics, the opinions regarding the level ofanxiety felt in such instances, have been put forth after conducting a chisquaretest at the at the significance level of 0.5According to the achieved result, the women soccer playershave a feeling of less self-confidence and are more anxious whencompared with the men soccer players whereas the men soccer playershad a feeling of more self-confidence and were less anxious.