Table 1
Characteristics of the Participants at the Three Data Collection Times
| T1 (n = 247) | T2 (n = 218) | T3 (n = 188) | χ2/F | p | |
| Sex, n (%) | 2.576 | .276 | |||
| Male | 126 (51.0) | 98 (44.9) | 83 (44.1) | ||
| Female | 121 (49.0) | 120 (55.1) | 105 (55.9) | ||
| Age, M (SD) | 14.61 (1.06) | 14.56 (.96) | 14.36 (1.05) | 3.36 | .035 |
| Category, n (%) | 0.999 | .910 | |||
| 1st year | 59 (33.3) | 70 (36.1) | 48 (38.4) | ||
| 2nd year | 70 (39.5) | 64 (33.0) | 42 (33.6) | ||
| 3rd year | 48 (27.1) | 60 (30.9) | 35 (28.0) | ||
| Competitive level, n (%) | 0.122 | .941 | |||
| Higher | 120 (48.6) | 92 (48.4) | 76 (46.9) | ||
| Lower | 127 (51.4) | 98 (51.6) | 86 (53.1) | ||
| Years of experience, M (SD) | 6.30 (1.80) | 6.31 (1.90) | 6.24 (1.82) | 0.079 | .924 |
| Note. M = mean value; SD = standard deviation. | |||||
