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- The study analyzed how stress affects the relationship between mood and performance in elite canoe polo players, involving 32 participants from four Italian teams.
- It assessed psychological stress, mood dimensions, performance outcomes, and the digit ratio (2D:4D) as potential correlates of high sports performance.
- Findings indicated that stress mediates the impact of mood on performance, with male athletes displaying lower dysfunctional emotional states and 2D:4D ratios compared to female athletes, suggesting a need for further research on emotions in sports.
Article Abstract
Sport performance is characterized by competitive stressful conditions that elicit emotional states. The purpose of the study was to examine whether stress mediated the relationship between mood states and performance. Thirty-two elite canoe polo players from four different Italian teams (16 senior males and 16 senior females), aged between 29 and 38 years old (M = 32.3, SD = 2.71), participated in the study. Measures included level of psychological stress, six mood dimensions, and performance outcome. We also detected the digit ratio-the lower second-to-fourth digit length (2D:4D) ratio-as it was demonstrated to be correlated to high sports performance. The assessment took place one day before the first game of the national competition "ITALY CUP". Male athletes reported lower scores on dysfunctional emotion-related states and on 2D:4D ratio than female athletes. The results of the mediation analysis showed that psychological stress plays a mediating role between moods and performance. Overall, given the limited literature, the findings supported an integrative approach to the study of the linkage between emotion and action in canoe polo.
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