The role of experience, perceived match importance, and anxiety on cortisol response in an official esports competition
| Autor: | José Ramón Alvero-Cruz, Vicente Javier Clemente-Suárez, Manuel Jiménez, Guillermo Mendoza, Jerónimo García-Romero, Iván Rivilla, Margarita Carrillo de Albornoz-Gil, Manuel Fernández-Navas |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Competitive Behavior
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| Zdroj: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health REDICUC-Repositorio CUC Corporación Universidad de la Costa instacron:Corporación Universidad de la Costa International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 18, Iss 2893, p 2893 (2021) International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health; Volume 18; Issue 6; Pages: 2893 |
| Popis: | The aim of the present study was to analyse the neuroendocrine stress response, psychological anxiety response, and perceived match importance (PMI) between expert and non-expert control gamers in an official competitive context. We analyzed, in 25 expert esports players and 20 control participants, modifications in their somatic anxiety, cognitive anxiety, self-confidence, PMI, and cortisol in a League of Legends competition. We found how expert esports players presented higher cortisol concentrations (Z = 155.5; p = 0.03; Cohen’s d = −0.66), cognitive anxiety (Z = 99.5; p = 0.001), and PMI (Z = 50.5; p < 0.001) before the competition than non-experts participants. We found a greater statistical weight in the cognitive variables than in the physiological ones. The results obtained suggest that real competitive context and player’s expertise were factors associated with an anticipatory stress response. The PMI proved to be a differentiating variable between both groups, highlighting the necessity to include subjective variables that contrast objective measurements. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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