A Study of Gender Differences and Anxiety-Level Changes in a College-Level Computerized Testing Situation

BACKGROUND Background: Especially among older adults, the Corona virus pandemic (COVID-19) poses a challenge to people's day-to-day functioning and constitutes a meaningful factor related to their emotional and physical health. OBJECTIVE Objective: This study aimed to analyze relationships and gender differences between state anxiety, daily functional actualization, and functional cognition among older adults during the COVD-19 pandemic shelter-in-place. METHODS Methods: We collected online data from a sample of 204 people (102 men and 102 women) aged 60 years and older. In addition to a demographic questionnaire, the State-Trait Personality Inventory was used to assess state anxiety, the Daily Functional Actualization questionnaire was used to evaluate daily functional actualization and the Daily Living Questionnaire to measure functional cognition. RESULTS Results: Significant gender differences were found for state anxiety, t(202) = -2.36, P = .02; daily functional actualization, t(202) = 2.15, P = .03; and several functional cognition components, such as complex tasks, Z = -3.07, P = .002; cognitive symptoms that might be interfering, Z = -2.15, P = .028; executive functions, Z = -2.21, P = .024; and executive function monitoring, Z = -2.21, P = .027. Significant medium correlations were found between both state anxiety level and functional cognition (r = .37–.40, P < .001) and daily functional actualization (r = -.62, P < .001). Furthermore, daily functional actualization predicted 43% of the variance of state anxiety level, F(1, 202) = 155.73, P < .0001. CONCLUSIONS Conclusions: In older adults, anxiety is associated with cognitive decline. It may harm daily functional abilities, in turn leading to social isolation, loneliness, and decreased well-being. Knowledge and self-awareness about the relationships between common and available resources of daily functional actualization and functional cognition with anxiety, especially as related to gender, may serve as a possible strengthening factor in crisis periods such as the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Anxiety and volleyball performance in a real testing situation: gender differences in competitive environments

Educational Psychology ◽

10.1080/01443410.2019.1706723 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 40 (6) ◽

pp. 735-749 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Chris Englert ◽

Roland Seiler

Keyword(s):

Gender Differences ◽

Testing Situation ◽

Competitive Environments

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Effect of Competitive Anxiety on sports Performance among College Level Players

International Journal of Indian Psychology ◽

10.25215/0401.065 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Ramaprabou. V

Keyword(s):

Sport Performance ◽

Anxiety Level ◽

College Level ◽

Sports Performance ◽

Competitive Anxiety ◽

Anxiety Test ◽

High Level ◽

One Way Anova

The present investigation was undertaken to study the Effect of Competitive Anxiety on sports Performance among College Level Players. For this 100 student players of sports like cricket, volley ball, shuttle, kho-kho, kabadi and the like studying in different Arts and Science Colleges of Puducherry region were identified and selected on the basis of their performance in different competitions during the last three years. Sports Competition Anxiety Test, constructed and standardized by Rainer Marten (1990) was used to assess the anxiety level of the players. Analysis was done by using one way ANOVA. Findings of the study reveals that high level of competitive anxiety lowers the sport performance of the student players studying in arts and science colleges of in and around Puducherry.

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