Vol. 7, Issue 2, Part E (2025)

The present study employed a quantitative, cross-sectional research design to examine the variables of competitive anxiety among athletes from various colleges affiliated to Panjab University, Chandigarh and athletes playing for clubs registered with the Chandigarh Football Association (UT). Participants were selected through purposive sampling, and selected participants were briefed in detail about the objectives and protocol of the study. The sample consists of four hundred fifty (N=450) male participants, comprising of one hundred fifty (n1 = 150) defenders, one hundred fifty (n2 = 150) midfielders and one hundred fifty (n3 = 150) forwards, who have participated in the inter college, state and national level tournaments during the session 2024-2025. The age group of the participants ranged between 18 to 25 years. Competitive State Anxiety Inventory-2 (Martens et al., 1990) was used for collection of data. Descriptive statistical analysis was used to calculate means and standard deviations of the key variables. Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was conducted to analyse significant differences in competitive anxiety. Least Significant Differences (LSD) Post-hoc test was applied to find out the direction and degree of difference. 0.05 level of significance was set for testing of hypotheses.