Self-handicapping Tendencies, Perception of Event Importance and Pre-competition State Anxiety among Fly Cadets

This study examined the relations among self handicapping tendencies,perception of event importance and pre competition state anxiety of 206 fly cadets with questionnaires.The following results were obtained:(1) Self handicapping tendencies and perception of event importance could positively predict pre competition cognitive anxiety and somatic anxiety,but negatively predict the state of self-confidence;(2) Sel-handicapping tendencies were related to pre-competition state anxiety more closely than to perception of event importance.