Pre-competition state and trait of anxiety level among the Malaysian Asean Para Games 2017 wheelchair athletes / Muhammad Shafiz Muhammad Sakir

The purpose of this study was to investigate the difference of state and trait of
anxiety level between male and female Malaysian ASEAN Para Games wheelchair
athletes. In addition, the researcher also to determine the relationship between state
and trait of anxiety level among the Malaysian ASEAN Para Games wheelchair
athletes. There are 36 wheelchair athletes were chosen via stratified sampling to
participate in this study. The instrument used in this study was the State Trait
Anxiety Inventory (STAI) questionnaire and demographic questionnaire.
Independence T-Test was used to identify the difference, the results show that there
was no significant difference of state and trait of anxiety level between male and
female wheelchair athletes (p = 0.387, P = 0.904). Using Pearson Correlation to
determine the relationship, the results show that there were significant differences
between state and trait anxiety level (r = 0.807, p = 0.000). As a conclusion, the
anxiety level of the wheelchair athletes did not depend on gender and there were
positive relationships between state and trait anxiety level.