A COMPARATIVE STUDY ON PRE AND POST COMPETITION ANXIETY: THE CASE OF SELECTED ETHIOPIAN VOLLEYBALL PREMIER LEAGUE TEAMS, ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA

Abstract

The main purpose of this study was to compare pre and post competition anxiety level in Ethiopian volleyball premier league players. More specifically, the study tried to compare female’s and male’s pre and post competition anxiety level and best and substitute players’ pre and post competition anxiety level. The primary sources of data were 72 volleyball players (males=48 and females=24) that were selected from six Ethiopian volleyball premier league teams using simple random sampling of Solvin’s formula. Their age was ranged from 18 to 25 years. For conduct this research, descriptive survey method was employed. Data were collected from volleyball players using a Sports Competitive Anxiety Test - (SCAT) consists of fifteen items which include 5 spurious items, 8 positive items and 2 negative items. The odd-even reliability of the test in the present study was found to be .82. The collected data were analyzed quantitatively using mean and standard deviation. The t-test was used to test the effect of anxiety level between pre and post competition. The significance level was determined as p<0.05. The result of the study reveals that there was significant difference in 0.05 levels of confidence of pre and post competition anxiety among the male and female and also best and substitute premier league volleyball players.