Mood and psychological skills of world-ranked female tennis players
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ABSTRACT:
This study investigated mood state and psychological skills of world-ranked female tennis athletes, and psychological differences between top, middle, and bottom-ranked tennis athletes. Mood state and psychological skills were assessed in 45 tennis players (age 24.3 plus/minus 4.7 yrs) of the Women's International Tennis Association (WITA). Following informed consent, the Profile of Mood States (POMS) and the Psychological Skills Inventory for Sports (PSIS) were administered to athletes prior to matches. Data was compiled using WITA world computer ranking into three groups due to a natural split in the ranking of subjects participating in this study: top-ranked (1 to 65), middle-ranked (75-180), and bottom-ranked (200 plus). Wilks-Lambda criterion indicated no significant differences (F=0.56; Prob greater than F=0.7626; p greater than .05) in TEN, DEP, ANG, VIG, FAT, CON, or TMD between top, middle, or bottom-ranked players. Although the effect of rank (F=0.46; Prob greater F=0.8330; p greater than .05) was not significant across all dependent variables, there was a trend for top-ranked competitors to exhibit greater concentration (61.1 percent plus/minus 1.3 vs 75.8 percent plus/minus 1.8) than indicated in bottom-ranked players. Overall scores of athletes at this competitive level exhibited the 'iceberg profile.' In conclusion, world-ranked female tennis athletes exhibit mood state patterns and psychological skills similar to athletes in other sports. The high patterns and psychological skills variability and psychological skills within and between skill level coincide with highly individualized responsivity found in other cognitive, somatic and behavioral studies on sports.
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