Competitive anxiety, fear of failure, and decision-making styles in university athletes

Selmia Pasang (Study Program of Sport Coaching Education, Faculty of Sport and Health Education, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia)
Komarudin Komarudin (Study Program of Sport Coaching Education, Faculty of Sport Education and Health, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia)
Mochamad Yamin Saputra (Study Program of Sport Coaching Education, Faculty of Sport and Health Education, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia)
Geraldi Novian (Study Program of Sport Physical Coaching, Faculty of Sport and Health Education, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia)

Altius: Jurnal Ilmu Olahraga dan Kesehatan
Vol. 14 No. 1 (2025): Altius: Jurnal Ilmu Olahraga dan Kesehatan

Appropriate and quick decision-making is crucial to the success of athletes, so this study aims to explore the effect competitive anxiety and fear of failure on the decision-making style of university athletes by observing differences based on the level of competition, namely national, regional, and local. The descriptive quantitative method was used in this study, which involved 27 university athletes from various sports. The instruments used include the Competitive State Anxiety Inventory-2R, the Performance Failure Appraisal Inventory, and an adaptation of the Decision Style Questionnaire to measure decision-making style. The results showed that competitive anxiety and fear of failure did not significantly affect the decision-making style of university athletes. However, there are differences in competitive anxiety, fear of failure, and decision-making style patterns based on competition level. National athletes have a higher percentage of decision-making style, while regional athletes have competitive anxiety and fear of failure higher than national and regional athletes. Then local athletes have a lower percentage of competitive anxiety, fear of failure, and decision-making style.