Table 5
Psychological Characteristics compared between condition (AWD vs. ABA) and type of sport.
| Psychological Characteristics | Condition | Individual n = 132 | Team n = 70 | Condition*Type of sport | |||||
| M(SD) | M(SD) | MS | F | p | η² | ||||
| Stress Control | AWD | 53.8 (12.9) | 58.1 ∫(10.4) | 141.8 | 0.91 | .340 | 0.005 | ||
| ABA | 55.1 (13.7) | 55.9 (10.2) | |||||||
| Influence of Performance Eval. | AWD | 29.3 (8.3) | 31.2 (7.8) | 242.4 | 3.78 | .053 | 0.019 | ||
| ABA | 30.7 (8.2) | 28.0 (7.1) | |||||||
| Motivation | AWD | 26.2 (3.5) | 27.7 (3.5) | 147.0 | 6.00 | .015* | 0.025 | ||
| ABA | 21.0 (6.4) | 26.2 (4.6) | |||||||
| Mental Skills | AWD | 25.5 (4.0) | 24.4 (3.1) | 1.84 | 1.84 | .772 | 0.000 | ||
| ABA | 24.9 (6.1) | 24.2 (3.3) | |||||||
| Team Cohesion | AWD | 18.1 (3.0) | 20.4 (2.6) | 54.4 | 4.37 | .038 | 0.018 | ||
| ABA | 15.7 (4.5) | 20.2 (2.5) | |||||||
| Note: AWD = Athletes with Disability, ABA = Able-Bodied Athletes. Individual sports (AWD, n = 61; ABA, n = 71), Team sports (AWD, n = 27; ABA, n = 43). *significance | |||||||||
