Relationship between athletic coping skills and depression, anxiety, stress among badminton players
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Objective: To explore whether there is a significant relationship between athletic coping skills and the levels of depression, anxiety, and stress among badminton players of the National Sports University, Manipur, India. Method: 30 Badminton players were selected randomly out of which 7 are girls and 23 are boys of National Sports University, Manipur, India age ranged between 17 to 23 Years (M = 19.83). Athletic Coping Skills Inventory (ACSI) developed by Smith et al. (1995) was used to assess athlete's psychological skills and the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS) developed by Lovibond & Lovibond (1995) was used for measuring depression, anxiety, and stress among the athletes. Result: From the Pearson Correlation analysis, a significant negative correlation at .05 level was found between depression and subscales peaking under pressure and free from worry of the ACSI at .005 level. Likewise, a significant negative correlation was found between anxiety and only one subscale of ACSI namely free from worry at .005 level. For the subscale of stress of DASS-21, a significant negative correlation was found with the coping with adversity and free from worry subscales of ACSI at .01 level and for peaking under pressure at .01 level. Conclusion: The findings of the present study indicate that as the athletic coping skills namely peaking under pressure, free from worry, and coping with adversity increase, there will be a decrease in levels of depression, anxiety, and stress.
Editor’s note (18 May 2026). In this abstract, where it says .005, it should read .05.
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