Dimensions of competition anxiety based on motivation and its relationship to the motivation of sports achievement for Baghdad club youth players in the Iraqi Stars Football League

Abstract

The study aims at identify some dimensions of competition anxiety and sports achievement motivation among young players of some Baghdad Premier League football clubs, and to identify simple correlation coefficients between the dimensions of sports competition anxiety and sports achievement motivation. The research sample consists of players from some Baghdad Premier League clubs, which numbered  (192) players. The Data was collected using a measure of sports competition anxiety and sports achievement motivation. Many conclusions were reached, including that there is great harmony between the dimensions of sports competition anxiety and the motivation to achieve success for football players. Harmony was found between the dimensions of sports competition anxiety and the motivation to avoid failure. In the research sample, there are direct effects of physical anxiety with the two dimensions of motivation for athletic to success, and the motivation to avoid failure. The direct effects of self-confidence in the two dimensions of motivation for athletic achievement were positive with the motivation for achieving success.