Fear of failure in Brazilian runners

Mabliny Thuany, Douglas Vieira, Volker Scheer, Nejmeddine Ouerghi, Aïna Chalabaev, Pantelis T. Nikolaidis, Katja Weiss, Beat Knechtle, Thayse Natacha Gomes

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Abstract

This study aims to investigate the fear or failure (FoF) in Brazilian runners of both sex, performance levels and age categories, as well as to verify the relationship between FoF and socioeconomic status (SES). Sample size as composed by 916. Age, sex, body height, body weight, SES, and running pace were self-reported. The Multidimensional Questionnaire of FoF was applied in an online platform. Running pace, and SES were categorized and processed through multivariate analysis and Spearman correlations, with the p-value set at 0.05. Female runners with better performance (2.13 ± 0.74) and younger (2.16 ± 0.80), as a well as male runners with worse performance (2.04 ± 0.69) and older (2.04 ± 0.89) presented the highest values of FoF. Among women, SES was negatively associated with FoF (r = −0.144; p = 0.006), while a positive association between running pace and SES was observed among men (r = 0.290; p < 0.001). Non-professional Brazilian runners presented low values of FoF.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)290-301
Number of pages12
JournalResearch in Sports Medicine
Volume32
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2024
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • endurance
  • mental health
  • performance
  • psychology
  • sex

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