RT Journal Article
T1 The Role of Experience, Perceived Match Importance, and Anxiety on Cortisol Response in an Official Esports Competition
A1 Mendoza Torrico, Guillermo
A1 Clemente-Suárez, Vicente Javier
A1 Alvero-Cruz, José Ramón
A1 Rivilla, Iván
A1 García-Romero, Jerónimo
A1 Fernández-Navas, Manuel
A1 Carrillo-de-Albornoz, Margarita
A1 Jimenez Lopez, Manuel
K1 Ansiedad
AB The aim of the present study was to analyse the neuroendocrine stress response, psychological anxiety response, and perceived match importance (PMI) between expert and non-expert control gamers in an official competitive context. We analyzed, in 25 expert esports players and 20 control participants, modifications in their somatic anxiety, cognitive anxiety, self-confidence, PMI, and cortisol in a League of Legends competition. We found how expert esports players presented higher cortisol concentrations (Z = 155.5; p = 0.03; Cohen’s d = −0.66), cognitive anxiety (Z = 99.5; p = 0.001), and PMI (Z = 50.5; p < 0.001) before the competition than non-experts participants. We found a greater statistical weight in the cognitive variables than in the physiological ones. The results obtained suggest that real competitive context and player’s expertise were factors associated with an anticipatory stress response. The PMI proved to be a differentiating variable between both groups, highlighting the necessity to include subjective variables that contrast objective measurements. © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
PB Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
YR 2021
FD 2021-03
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/29432
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/29432
LA eng
NO Mendoza, G.; Clemente-Suárez, V.J.; Alvero-Cruz, J.R.; Rivilla, I.; García-Romero, J.; Fernández-Navas, M.; Albornoz-Gil, M.C.d.; Jiménez, M. The Role of Experience, Perceived Match Importance, and Anxiety on Cortisol Response in an Official Esports Competition. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 2893. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18062893
NO No hubo financiación externa
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 25 ene 2026