Table 4
Psychological Characteristics comparison between condition (AWD vs. ABA) and expertise.
| Characteristics | Condition | Inexperienced n = 99 | Expert n = 103 | Condition*Expertise | |||||
| M(SD) | M(SD) | MS | F | p | η² | ||||
| Stress Control | AWD | 54.7 (12.0) | 55.5 (12.8) | 31.2 | 0.19 | .656 | 0.001 | ||
| ABA | 55.8 (12.3) | 55.1 (12.7) | |||||||
| Influence of Performance Eval. | AWD | 29.2 (6.7) | 30.8 (9.5) | 0.52 | 0.01 | .925 | 0.001 | ||
| ABA | 29.0 (8.2) | 30.3 (7.5) | |||||||
| Motivation | AWD | 26.6 (3.5) | 26.8 (3.6) | 33.9 | 1.21 | .273 | 0.001 | ||
| ABA | 23.7 (6.1) | 22.3 (6.4) | |||||||
| Mental Skills | AWD | 25.6 (3.7) | 24.6 (3.8) | 19.6 | 0.89 | .344 | 0.004 | ||
| ABA | 24.5 (4.5) | 24.8 (5.8) | |||||||
| Team Cohesion | AWD | 18.5 (3.1) | 19.3 (2.9) | 70.5 | 4.62 | .033 | 0.022 | ||
| ABA | 18.2 (3.6) | 16.7 (5.0) | |||||||
| Note: AWD = Athletes with Disability, ABA = Able-Bodied Athletes. MS = Mean of Squares. Inexperienced (AWD, n = 46; ABA, n = 53), Expert (AWD, n = 42; ABA, n = 61). *p < .01 | |||||||||
