Research Article

The investigation of the anxiety level of the students prior to exams and competitions participating to the contests for secondary and high schools in Rize province

Volume: 2 Number: 4 December 26, 2016
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The investigation of the anxiety level of the students prior to exams and competitions participating to the contests for secondary and high schools in Rize province

Abstract

Aim: The aim of this research is to investigate the level of the anxiety of the students prior to exams and competitions participating to the competitions for high schools and secondary schools in Rize province.

Material and Methods: First of all, we applied to provincial and district national education directorates in writing and gave information about the purpose of the study. The surveys were conducted prior to exams and competitions in the schools. Spielberger’s State Anxiety Inventory was used in order to determine the level of the students’ anxiety. In addition, some questions regarding personal information were added to the inventory. MS Excel for Windows was utilised for organising the data and for drawing graphics while SPSS for Windows (version 21) was used for statistical tests and MS Word 2013 for writing purposes. Normality tests of Kolmogorov-Smirnov (K-S) test and Shapiro-Wilk test were primarily executed for statistical analysis of the obtained data. As the dataset does not have a normal distribution, the non-parametric tests of Mann-Whitney U test and Kruskal-Wallis test were performed. Besides, Pearson correlation analysis was applied so as to determine the degree and direction of the relations between the variables.  

Results: The results showed that there is; a very weak correlation in the same direction between pre-exam and pre-competition anxiety scores of the secondary school students (r=0.147 p<0.05); very weak correlation in the same direction between pre-exam and pre-competition anxiety scores of the female students (r=0.245 P<0.05); very weak correlation in the same direction between pre-exam anxiety scores of female and male students (r=0.129 P<0.05); very weak correlation in the same direction between pre-exam and pre-competition anxiety scores of volleyball players (r=0.151 p<0.05)



Conclusion: According to the results, it is observed that the difference between pre-exam and pre-competition anxiety scores of the players-students with respect to school type, gender and sport branch was not significant.    

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Primary Language

English

Subjects

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Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Aslan Kalkavan
RECEP TAYYİP ERDOĞAN ÜNİVERSİTESİ, BEDEN EĞİTİMİ VE SPOR YÜKSEKOKULU
Türkiye

Gökhan Çakır This is me
Gençlik Hizmetleri ve Spor İl Müdürlüğü, Rize
Türkiye

Publication Date

December 26, 2016

Submission Date

December 26, 2016

Acceptance Date

December 26, 2016

Published in Issue

Year 2016 Volume: 2 Number: 4

APA
Kalkavan, A., & Çakır, G. (2016). The investigation of the anxiety level of the students prior to exams and competitions participating to the contests for secondary and high schools in Rize province. International Journal of Sport Exercise and Training Sciences - IJSETS, 2(4), 159-166. https://doi.org/10.18826/useeabd.282689
AMA
1.Kalkavan A, Çakır G. The investigation of the anxiety level of the students prior to exams and competitions participating to the contests for secondary and high schools in Rize province. Int J Sport, Exerc & Train Sci. 2016;2(4):159-166. doi:10.18826/useeabd.282689
Chicago
Kalkavan, Aslan, and Gökhan Çakır. 2016. “The Investigation of the Anxiety Level of the Students Prior to Exams and Competitions Participating to the Contests for Secondary and High Schools in Rize Province”. International Journal of Sport Exercise and Training Sciences - IJSETS 2 (4): 159-66. https://doi.org/10.18826/useeabd.282689.
EndNote
Kalkavan A, Çakır G (December 1, 2016) The investigation of the anxiety level of the students prior to exams and competitions participating to the contests for secondary and high schools in Rize province. International Journal of Sport Exercise and Training Sciences - IJSETS 2 4 159–166.
IEEE
[1]A. Kalkavan and G. Çakır, “The investigation of the anxiety level of the students prior to exams and competitions participating to the contests for secondary and high schools in Rize province”, Int J Sport, Exerc & Train Sci, vol. 2, no. 4, pp. 159–166, Dec. 2016, doi: 10.18826/useeabd.282689.
ISNAD
Kalkavan, Aslan - Çakır, Gökhan. “The Investigation of the Anxiety Level of the Students Prior to Exams and Competitions Participating to the Contests for Secondary and High Schools in Rize Province”. International Journal of Sport Exercise and Training Sciences - IJSETS 2/4 (December 1, 2016): 159-166. https://doi.org/10.18826/useeabd.282689.
JAMA
1.Kalkavan A, Çakır G. The investigation of the anxiety level of the students prior to exams and competitions participating to the contests for secondary and high schools in Rize province. Int J Sport, Exerc & Train Sci. 2016;2:159–166.
MLA
Kalkavan, Aslan, and Gökhan Çakır. “The Investigation of the Anxiety Level of the Students Prior to Exams and Competitions Participating to the Contests for Secondary and High Schools in Rize Province”. International Journal of Sport Exercise and Training Sciences - IJSETS, vol. 2, no. 4, Dec. 2016, pp. 159-66, doi:10.18826/useeabd.282689.
Vancouver
1.Aslan Kalkavan, Gökhan Çakır. The investigation of the anxiety level of the students prior to exams and competitions participating to the contests for secondary and high schools in Rize province. Int J Sport, Exerc & Train Sci. 2016 Dec. 1;2(4):159-66. doi:10.18826/useeabd.282689