Revista Europea de Biología Experimental Acceso abierto

Abstracto

A comparison of the mood state profiles of winning and losing female athletes

Leila Zandi and Lila Sabbaghian Rad

The purpose of the present research was to compare mood states profiles of winning and losing female athletes. The population of the research consisted of all the female participants in the TenthIntercollegiate Tournaments of the medical universities of Iran in Shahrekord City. The sample includes 69 student athletes from Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences. Two questionnaires were used to collect data: a demographics questionnaire and Profile of Mood States (POMS). Paired t-test was applied at 95% confidence interval to examine the reliability of the questionnaire and Kolmogorov-Smirnov test was applied to examine the normality of the data. The datawas described in tables and graphs and the hypotheses were tested using independent t-test and paired t-test. The results showed that there were 7 karatekas, 4 tennis players, 10 track-and-field athletes, 5 chess players, 5 badminton players, 12 basketball players, 7 shooters, 12 volleyball players, and 7 swimmers among the sample and their age ranged from 20 to 30. The results also showed that there is a significant difference between the mood state profiles of winning and losing athletes before and after the game. It was also revealed that the mood state profiles of winning athletes are more consistent with Morgan's iceberg profile.