Goal Orientations, Role Conflict and Ambiguity: Predictors of Competitive Anxiety in Athletes

The purpose of the present study was to investigate the relationships of goalorientations, role conflict and ambiguity to competitive anxiety of athletes. thesample consisted of 224 male volleyball players of iran universities. theathletes representing 20 different teams participated in the study. threeinstruments were used: goal orientations in sport questionnaire, role conflictand ambiguity scales, and competitive state anxiety inventory-2. roleambiguity, role conflict, and ego orientation had positive and significantcorrelations with competitive anxiety of athletes, 0.25, 0.26, and 0.24,respectively; while the correlation of task orientation with competitive anxietywas significant and negative, -0.23. the multiple regression analyses showedthat role conflict, role ambiguity, ego orientation and task orientation were thebest predictors for competitive anxiety.