Goal setting as a method of self-regulation in curler athletes with different levels of pre-competition anxiety

Sagova, Zurida A. Lomonosov Moscow State University

Acknowledgements

The work was performed as part of the RFBR project No. 18-013-01211\18.

Table 1. Correlation analysis of the of goal orientation and pre-competitive anxiety of athletes

Correlationc			1	2	3	4	5
Spearman's correlation coefficient (R)	Ego goal orientation 1	Correlation Coefficient	1,000	-,266*	,136	,089	,063
		Value (2 sided)	.	,048	,316	,516	,647
	Target Orientation 2	Correlation Coefficient	-,266*	1,000	,099	,065	,027
		Value (2 sided)	,048	.	,470	,634	,844
	Situational Anxiety 3	Correlation Coefficient	,136	,099	1,000	,790**	,493**
		Value (2 sided)	,316	,470	.	,000	,000
	Personal Anxiety 4	Correlation Coefficient	,089	,065	,790**	1,000	,445**
		Value (2 sided)	,516	,634	,000	.	,001
	Competitive  Anxiety 5	Correlation Coefficient	,063	,027	,493**	,445**	1,000
		Value (2 sided)	,647	,844	,000	,001	.

*Correlation is significant at the level of 0.05 (two-way).

**Correlation is significant at the level of 0.01 (two-way).

c.List value N = 56

Table 2. Calculation of the Mann-Whitney U-test for gender differences in the goal orientation and anxiety of athletes

Statistics Criteriaa	Ego_goal_ orientation	Target_Orientation	Situational_ Anxiety	Personal_Anxiety	Competitive_ Anxiety
U Mann-Whitney	269,000	301,500	229,500	178,000	184,500
W Wilcoxon	1089,000	1121,500	365,500	314,000	320,500
Z	-,940	-,348	-1,644	-2,578	-2,476
Asymptotic value (2-sided)	,347	,728	,100	,010	,013

a. Grouping variable: GENDER

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