Table 7. Descriptive statistics for quantitative data of the pre- and post-measurements of the intervention and control group. Data are mean (standard deviation), number. |
|
Intervention
group
pre-measurement |
Intervention
group
post-measurement |
Control
group
pre-measurement |
Control
group
post-measurement |
Post-Pre-Difference
Scores Intervention group
Mean, N |
Post-Pre-Difference
Scores Control group
Mean, N |
P-Value |
Partial
Eta-Squared |
STAI
(Min:
10; Max: 80) |
State
anxiety pre-match |
28.71 (6.97),
7 |
27.29 (12.16),
7 |
21.60 (5.74),
10 |
23.50 (7.50),
10 |
-1.42,
7 |
1.90, 10 |
0.152 |
0.111 |
| State
anxiety post-match |
27.71
(12.30), 7 |
23.43
(6.50), 7 |
22.40
(10.21), 10 |
18.80
(6.55), 10 |
-4.28,
7 |
-3.60,
10 |
0.730 |
0.007 |
| Trait
anxiety |
33.29 (11.80),
7 |
31.29 (8.83),
7 |
27.40 (13.94),
10 |
26.10 (11.69),
10 |
-2.00,
7 |
-1.30,
10 |
0.854 |
0.002 |
BOSSS-d
(Min:
1, Max: 10) |
Problematic
single decision |
2.67 (3.14),
6 |
4.92 (3.87),
6 |
3.20 (2.72),
10 |
2.80 (1.44),
10 |
2.25, 6 |
-0.4, 10 |
0.047* |
0.212 |
| Fear
of physical harm |
1.42
(0.80), 6 |
1.00
(0.00), 6 |
1.15
(0.47), 10 |
1.30
(0.35), 10 |
-0.42,
6 |
0.15,
10 |
0.231 |
0.083 |
| Technical
error |
2.00 (0.42),
6 |
2.83 (2.03),
6 |
2,17 (1.67),
12 |
2.77 (2.25),
10 |
0.83, 6 |
0.60, 10 |
0.740 |
0.007 |
| Social
conflicts |
1.83
(1.16), 6 |
3.67
(3.19), 6 |
1.60
(0.73), 10 |
1.48
(0.62), 10 |
1.84,
6 |
-0.12,
10 |
0.045* |
0.217 |
| Observation
pressure |
1.88 (1.79),
6 |
1.71 (1.04),
6 |
1.55 (0.64),
10 |
1.60 (0.98),
10 |
-0.17,
6 |
0.05, 10 |
0.772 |
0.006 |
| Total |
2.07
(1.22), 6 |
3.21
(2.34), 6 |
1.98
(0.97), 10 |
2.09
(0.72), 10 |
1.14,
6 |
0.11,
10 |
0.104 |
0.166 |
Physiological
Parameters |
HR
pre-match |
82.75 (14.52),
8 |
82.72 (15.11),
8 |
79.27 (13.21),11 |
74.07 (9.41),
11 |
0.03, 8 |
5.20, 11 |
0.414 |
0.040 |
| HR
post-match |
78.95
(8.52), 9 |
84.10
(9.87), 9 |
83.19
(8.95), 10 |
80.13
(11.30), 10 |
5.15,
9 |
-3.06,
10 |
0.033* |
0.229 |
| Ø HR
during the match |
101.93
(13.60), 8 |
108.48
(10.94), 8 |
111.57
(13.16), 9 |
102.20
(13.73), 9 |
6.55, 8 |
-9.37,
9 |
0.016* |
0.313 |
| HRV
pre-match |
31.02
(22.54), 8 |
23.73
(19.58), 8 |
25.14
(14.77), 11 |
38.04
(23.16), 11 |
-7.29,
8 |
12.9,
11 |
0.071 |
0.179 |
| HRV
post-match |
27.97 (11.91),
9 |
23,43 (10.68),
9 |
26,72 (11.18),
10 |
23.46 (12.69),
10 |
-4.54,
9 |
-3,26,
10 |
0.477 |
0.028 |
| Ø
HRV during the match |
17.18
(9.41), 8 |
22.81
(14.96), 8 |
15.72
(9.43), 9 |
27.04
(17.92), 9 |
5.63,
8 |
11.32,
9 |
0.645 |
0.014 |
|
p-values marked with a * indicate a significant difference between the pre and post measurement with α = 0.05. |
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