Salivary oxytocin, cognitive anxiety and self-confidence in pre-competition athletes

Abstract It is well known that soccer sport has the potential for high levels of stress and anxiety and that these are linked to Cortisol (C) variations. To date, much research has been devoted to understanding how Oxytocin (OT) can affect anxiety in response to a challenge. The aim of this study wa...

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Autores principales:	Irene La Fratta, Sara Franceschelli, Lorenza Speranza, Antonia Patruno, Carlo Michetti, Paolo D’Ercole, Patrizia Ballerini, Alfredo Grilli, Mirko Pesce
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Publicado:	Nature Portfolio 2021
Materias:	Medicine R Science Q
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:fe4a8b1ffecc499ebdcb4f2399e9facf2021-12-02T16:45:41ZSalivary oxytocin, cognitive anxiety and self-confidence in pre-competition athletes10.1038/s41598-021-96392-72045-2322https://doaj.org/article/fe4a8b1ffecc499ebdcb4f2399e9facf2021-08-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-96392-7https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract It is well known that soccer sport has the potential for high levels of stress and anxiety and that these are linked to Cortisol (C) variations. To date, much research has been devoted to understanding how Oxytocin (OT) can affect anxiety in response to a challenge. The aim of this study was to investigate, in 56 young male soccer players, the psychophysiological stress response 96 and 24 h before one soccer match of a tournament, in order to establish whether athletes who won or lost, show different levels of C and OT or expressions of competitive state anxiety subcomponents. We found that winners had significantly lower Cognitive anxiety and higher Self-confidence scores than losers. Also, significant differences between winners and losers in C and OT concentrations were observed, with higher OT levels in who has won and higher C levels in who has lost. Our results showed interesting associations between OT, C, anxiety feelings, and the outcome of competition.Irene La FrattaSara FranceschelliLorenza SperanzaAntonia PatrunoCarlo MichettiPaolo D’ErcolePatrizia BalleriniAlfredo GrilliMirko PesceNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2021)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Irene La Fratta Sara Franceschelli Lorenza Speranza Antonia Patruno Carlo Michetti Paolo D’Ercole Patrizia Ballerini Alfredo Grilli Mirko Pesce Salivary oxytocin, cognitive anxiety and self-confidence in pre-competition athletes
description	Abstract It is well known that soccer sport has the potential for high levels of stress and anxiety and that these are linked to Cortisol (C) variations. To date, much research has been devoted to understanding how Oxytocin (OT) can affect anxiety in response to a challenge. The aim of this study was to investigate, in 56 young male soccer players, the psychophysiological stress response 96 and 24 h before one soccer match of a tournament, in order to establish whether athletes who won or lost, show different levels of C and OT or expressions of competitive state anxiety subcomponents. We found that winners had significantly lower Cognitive anxiety and higher Self-confidence scores than losers. Also, significant differences between winners and losers in C and OT concentrations were observed, with higher OT levels in who has won and higher C levels in who has lost. Our results showed interesting associations between OT, C, anxiety feelings, and the outcome of competition.
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author	Irene La Fratta Sara Franceschelli Lorenza Speranza Antonia Patruno Carlo Michetti Paolo D’Ercole Patrizia Ballerini Alfredo Grilli Mirko Pesce
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title	Salivary oxytocin, cognitive anxiety and self-confidence in pre-competition athletes
title_short	Salivary oxytocin, cognitive anxiety and self-confidence in pre-competition athletes
title_full	Salivary oxytocin, cognitive anxiety and self-confidence in pre-competition athletes
title_fullStr	Salivary oxytocin, cognitive anxiety and self-confidence in pre-competition athletes
title_full_unstemmed	Salivary oxytocin, cognitive anxiety and self-confidence in pre-competition athletes
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publisher	Nature Portfolio
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Salivary oxytocin, cognitive anxiety and self-confidence in pre-competition athletes

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