DISCRIMINANT EFFECTIVENESS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL STATE MEASURES IN PREDICTING SELECTION DURING FIELD HOCKEY TRIALS

Field hockey players (N=128) completed the Competitive State Anxiety I nventory-2 and the Profile of Mood Stales about 45 min, before a Briti sh Universities trial. Single-factor multivariate analysis of variance indicated no significant differences between selected and nonselected players for any preperformance mood or anxiety measure. Discriminant function analysis showed that 74 participants (57.81%) could be correc tly classified as selected or nonselected players on the basis of prep erformance mood scores. This figure rose to 83 participants (64.84%) w hen scores on the anxiety subscales were also included in the discrimi nant function analysis. Anxiety scores alone discriminated 71 particip ants (55.47%). These results concur with earlier proposals of Terry th at psychological state measures decline in predictive effectiveness in long duration, open skill team sports.