en ورزش، تمرین و سلامتی Exercise, Training and Health مقاله اصیل Original Article <div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Background.</strong> Anxiety plays a major role when it comes to sports performance, not only mentally, but physically as well.<br> <strong>Objectives.</strong> The study aimed to examine the effect of a soccer tournament on baseline anxiety [Spielberger State-trait anxiety inventory questionnaire (STAI), mood [Incredible Short POMS questionnaire (ISP)] and cortisol (saliva sampling) states.<br> <strong>Methods.</strong> Eight sportswomen&rsquo;s (age: 23.1 &plusmn; 3.2 y, playing experience: 10.6 &plusmn; 5.6 y) data were collected an hour after waking, two weeks prior to, and each morning during, a five-day tournament.<br> <strong>Results.</strong> Overall, a small relationship was seen between true cortisol values and presence of state-anxiety (r = 0.3, P = < 0.05). On mornings prior to a match lost, a significant relationship was seen between cortisol and the current- (r = 0.7, P = 0.005) and total trait-anxiety scores (r = 0.7, P = 0.008). Following multiple regression analysis, the TAI questionnaire was demonstrated to be adequate to predict possible cortisol surges (r² = 0.3, P = 0.04). Measuring the innate anxiety characteristic can be a positive measure to anticipate both psychological (presence of anxiety, r² = 0.88, P = 0.001) and physiological (cortisol surges, r² = 0.4, P = 0.008) stress.<br> <strong>Conclusion.</strong> Therefore, an anxiety questionnaire might provide sensitive information regarding the unconscious physiological and psychological stress plausibly altering performance. It is recommended that a player&rsquo;s state of anxiety (innate and current) be measured prior to a competition to adopt a strategy to overcome its negative consequences.</div> Soccer, Hydrocortisone, Anxiety, Psychological Stress, Physiological Stress 0 0 http://aassjournal.com/browse.php?a_code=A-11-1561-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Adele Broodryk adele.broodryk@nwu.ac.za 100319475328460010439 100319475328460010439 Yes Physical Activity, Sport and Recreation Research Focus Area, Faculty of Health Sciences, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South-Africa Cindy Pienaar 100319475328460010440 100319475328460010440 No Physical Activity, Sport and Recreation Research Focus Area, Faculty of Health Sciences, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South-Africa Martinique Sparks 100319475328460010441 100319475328460010441 No Physical Activity, Sport and Recreation Research Focus Area, Faculty of Health Sciences, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South-Africa