A study of an athlete’s emotional expression before competition

• Main Authors: Po-yuan Huang, 黃柏元
• Other Authors: Ju-han Lin
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2009
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/63968869932472423190

碩士 === 國立花蓮教育大學 === 國民教育研究所 === 97 === This study investigates the relations between athletes’ backgrounds and their emotional expression to before competition. Participants were high school athletes and recruited from seven schools of 2009 National High School United Games. There were 145 respondents (males=89, females=56) completed a battery of questionnaires setting to measure the Profile of Mood State, POMS. The survey was analyzed by descriptive statistics, t-test and one-way ANOVA. Furthermore, if the result was significant, Scheffe method test will be used to complete the data analysis. The results clearly show: (1) major respondents have positive responses before competition; (2) gender difference will cause different in fatigue and depression; (3) various seniorities will cause different in depression and tension; (4) various practicing time in a week will cause different in depression; (5) there are no differences in seven emotional responses between elite athletes and athletes in general.