प्रायोगिक जीवविज्ञान के यूरोपीय जर्नल खुला एक्सेस

अमूर्त

Relationship between spiritual transcendence and competitive anxiety in male athletes

Javad Azimirad and Mohammad Jalilvand

The purpose of this study was the relationship between spiritual transcendence and competitive anxiety in athletes. For this field, 400 of men athletes in Kermanshah city by stratified sampling were selected and completed the spiritual transcendence and competitive anxiety scales. Results of Pierson correlation indicated that was positive correlation between connectedness (r=0.331), prayer fulfillment(r=0.411), universality (r=0.156) and spiritual transcendence (r=0.234) with sportive self-confidence, and negative correlation between connectedness (r=-0.124), prayer fulfillment(r=-0.443), universality (r=-0.415) and spiritual transcendence(r=-0.397) with sportive selfconfidence with somatic anxiety and between prayer fulfillment(r=-0.271), universality (r=-0.312) and spiritual transcendence (r=-0.221) with sportive self-confidence with somatic anxiety. Results of multiple regression by inter method showed that connectedness, prayer fulfillment and universality were explained 0.287 variance of competitive anxiety (cognitive-somatic) and this variables were explained 0.319 variance of sportive self-confidence (p<0/05).