The effect of anxiety on reaction time of Physical Education students of Tabriz University, Iran

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  • A. Delir
  • M. Garehbagh
DOI: https://doi.org/10.6018/sportk.362141

Abstract

The objective of the present study is to investigate the effect of anxiety and reaction time in students of the University of Tabriz. 24 female and 24 male physical education students of Tabriz University responded to the Spielberger Scale Questionnaire and the Reaction Time Test to determine the level of anxiety. Sampling was conducted randomly from physical education students of Tabriz University with the age 22 ± 3. After ensuring that the data were normal, through the variance analysis, two in-group factors of anxiety and reaction time were analyzed for each of the variables individually. The results indicated that there was a negative relationship between state anxiety and choice reaction time of hands (r = 0.112, p = 0.398) and between trait anxiety and simple reaction time of feet (r = 0.209, p = 0.154). In addition, there was a positive relationship between state anxiety and simple reaction time of feet (p = 0.0625, r = -0.072) and between trait anxiety and choice reaction time of hands (p = 0.874, r = -0.024). The results of this study support the Inverted U hypothesis.

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Published
07-02-2019
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Delir, A., & Garehbagh, M. (2019). The effect of anxiety on reaction time of Physical Education students of Tabriz University, Iran. SPORT TK-EuroAmerican Journal of Sport Sciences, 8(1), 95–100. https://doi.org/10.6018/sportk.362141
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