Faculty of Movement and Rehabilitation Sciences, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Leuven, Belgium.
J Appl Res Intellect Disabil. 2021 Mar;34(2):516-524. doi: 10.1111/jar.12816. Epub 2020 Sep 27.
High anxiety levels are common in people with intellectual disabilities (ID) and anxiety can affect sport performance, but sport competitive anxiety profiles in athletes with ID are unknown.
A total of 303 athletes; 116 with ID (33% female, M age = 22.64, SD = 3.94), and 187 without ID (54% female, M age = 21.81, SD = 3.23), completed the modified questionnaire Sport Anxiety Scale-2-FLemish-ID (SAS-2-FL-ID).
The SAS-2-FL-ID was a valid tool to use in a population of athletes with ID. They had higher trait anxiety (9.36 ± 2.62) than peers without ID (7.58 ± 2.44), F = 26.95, p<.001. With respect to sport anxiety, they only scored higher on the "concentration disruption" subscale. Their overall level of competitive anxiety across all subscales (24.14 ± 7.73) was significantly lower compared to athletes without ID (26.51 ± 7.49), F = 27.10, p<.001.
On the sporting field, athletes with ID worry less and feel less somatic anxiety compared to athletes without ID.
智力障碍者（ID）普遍存在焦虑水平高的问题，焦虑会影响运动表现，但 ID 运动员的运动竞赛焦虑特征尚不清楚。
共有 303 名运动员参与，其中 116 名 ID 运动员（33%为女性，M 年龄=22.64，SD=3.94），187 名非 ID 运动员（54%为女性，M 年龄=21.81，SD=3.23）完成了改良版的《运动焦虑量表-2-佛兰芒语-ID》（SAS-2-FL-ID）。
SAS-2-FL-ID 是一种适用于 ID 运动员群体的有效工具。他们的特质焦虑（9.36±2.62）高于无 ID 同龄人（7.58±2.44），F=26.95，p<.001。在运动焦虑方面，他们仅在“注意力分散”分量表上得分更高。与无 ID 运动员相比（26.51±7.49），他们所有分量表的总体竞赛焦虑水平（24.14±7.73）显著较低，F=27.10，p<.001。
在运动场上，与无 ID 运动员相比，ID 运动员的担忧较少，躯体焦虑感较低。
