Karatecilerde Yarışma Durumluk Kaygı Düzeyleriyle Beslenme Tutumları Arasındaki İlişkinin İncelenmesi
Investigation of the Relationship Between Competitive State Anxiety Levels and Nutritional Attitudes in Karate Athletes

Summary/Abstract: This study examined the relationship between nutritional attitudes and the cognitive anxiety, somatic anxiety, and self-confidence dimensions of competitive state anxiety in karate athletes and whether these variables differed across selected demographic characteristics. The correlational study included 355 volunteer licensed amateur and professional karate athletes, comprising 190 women (53.5%) and 165 men (46.5%). Data were collected using a Personal Information Form, the Nutrition Attitude Scale, and the Competitive State Anxiety Inventory-2. Independent-samples t tests, one-way analyses of variance (ANOVA), Scheffé post hoc tests, Pearson correlations, and simple linear regression analyses were conducted. Female athletes had higher nutritional attitude scores than male athletes, whereas competitive anxiety dimensions did not differ by sex. Cognitive anxiety, somatic anxiety, self-confidence, and nutritional attitude differed across karate styles. Across BMI categories, significant differences were found for cognitive anxiety, self-confidence, and nutritional attitude, but not somatic anxiety. Nutritional attitude was negatively associated with cognitive and somatic anxiety and positively associated with self-confidence; it explained 10%, 7%, and 8% of the variance in these outcomes, respectively. More positive nutritional attitudes were therefore associated with lower competitive anxiety and higher self-confidence. Because the study was cross-sectional and correlational, these findings should not be interpreted causally.

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