Biography
Biography: Joel Manuel Prieto Andreu
Abstract
The objective of the study was to find out how affects the time of evaluation of the reasons and the psychological state of popular runners, in the days before or on the day of the race. Got a sample of 473 popular runners (374 men and 99 women) participating in two popular 10 km races and half marathon, men had a mean of age 30,28 and women an average of age of 31,70. For the evaluation of the personal variables and socio-demographic it was prepared ad hoc self-report questionnaire; and CSAI-2R was used to evaluate anxiety pre-competition (Andrade, Lois & Arce, 2007). The study is based on a quantitative methodology, and its design was descriptive and observational (Thomas & Nelson, 2007). The results indicate that runners who filled out the questionnaire before the race day have higher scores on cognitive anxiety, and runners who completed the questionnaire on the same day had higher scores in somatic anxiety, confidence, satisfaction, attraction to the competition, self-esteem, sense of life, search for recognition, convenience and competition. It discussed on the relations of these variables with other personal, sports and socio-demographic, as well as the applicability of the results and are designated some conclusions of the study.