Poteet D, Weinberg R
Percept Mot Skills. 1980 Apr;50(2):651-4. doi: 10.2466/pms.1980.50.2.651.
This study tested predictions about social facilitation using a competitive (evaluation) vs non-competitive setting. In addition, subjects who exhibited low, moderate, or high anxiety concerning competition were selected to determine the relation of anxiety to social facilitation. The design was 2 (competition/no competition) X 3 (competition trait anxiety), with state anxiety and performance as the major dependent variables. In a significant main effect of anxiety about competition subjects high in competitive anxiety displayed higher levels of state anxiety than subjects moderate or low in anxiety about competition. Performance differences were non-significant although means were as predicted.
本研究使用竞争性（评估）与非竞争性环境来检验关于社会促进作用的预测。此外，选取了对竞争表现出低、中、高焦虑的受试者，以确定焦虑与社会促进作用之间的关系。设计为2（竞争/无竞争）×3（竞争特质焦虑），将状态焦虑和表现作为主要因变量。在关于竞争焦虑的显著主效应中，竞争焦虑高的受试者比竞争焦虑中等或低的受试者表现出更高水平的状态焦虑。尽管均值符合预测，但表现差异不显著。
