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. 2023 Jul 13;14:1205102. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1205102

Table 2.

Descriptive statistics for women and men involved in individual and team sports, and correlation coefficients of latent variables for the whole sample (N = 424).

Women Men
Individual
(n = 75)
Team
(n = 103)
Individual
(n = 89)
Team (n = 157)
Variable M ± SD M ± SD M ± SD M ± SD 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
Basic psychological needs
1. Competence 4.95 ± 1.10 4.98 ± 1.38 5.05 ± 1.39 4.94 ± 1.35 ––
2. Autonomy 4.85 ± 1.42 3.53 ± 1.37 4.92 ± 1.55 3.98 ± 1.33 0.05 ––
3. Relatedness 5.53 ± 1.17 5.59 ± 1.28 5.90 ± 1.15 5.27 ± 1.28 0.21* 0.16 ––
Emotion regulation
4. Cognitive reappraisal 2.53 ± 0.71 2.54 ± 0.61 2.74 ± 0.62 2.69 ± 0.52 0.17 0.27* 0.22* ––
5. Expressive suppression 2.09 ± 0.63 2.22 ± 0.75 2.27 ± 0.63 2.49 ± 0.62 −0.25* −0.05 −0.23* 0.03 ––
Sport emotions
6. Anxiety 2.13 ± 0.97 1.66 ± 0.81 1.34 ± 0.80 1.48 ± 0.83 −0.22* −0.05 −0.03 −0.15 0.07 ––
7. Dejection 0.36 ± 0.53 0.29 ± 0.42 0.20 ± 0.40 0.53 ± 0.68 −0.45§ −0.04 −0.29* −0.14 0.24* 0.32* ––
8. Anger 0.40 ± 0.68 0.51 ± 0.69 0.37 ± 0.61 0.76 ± 0.83 −0.33* −0.09 −0.27* −0.04 0.20* 0.36* 0.79 ––
9. Excitement 2.59 ± 0.89 2.81 ± 0.73 2.59 ± 0.84 2.73 ± 0.88 0.25* 0.10 0.27* 0.38* −0.16 0.08 −0.31* −0.08 ––
10. Happiness 2.56 ± 0.96 2.92 ± 0.81 2.69 ± 0.87 2.74 ± 0.95 0.26* 0.08 0.33* 0.36* −0.16 −0.16 −0.31* −0.24* 0.90# ––
Psychobiosocial experiences
11. Emotion u/p 2.29 ± 1.32 2.76 ± 1.15 2.74 ± 1.31 2.56 ± 1.43 0.36* 0.13 0.42§ 0.39* −0.24* −0.18 −0.43§ −0.30* 0.60 0.68 ––
12. Confidence 1.36 ± 1.59 2.05 ± 1.34 2.26 ± 1.21 2.27 ± 1.41 0.43§ 0.11 0.33* 0.39* −0.15 −0.41§ −0.36* −0.13 0.53§ 0.55§ 0.81# ––
13. Anxiety 0.87 ± 1.68 1.11 ± 1.62 1.30 ± 1.55 1.52 ± 1.46 0.32* 0.16 0.09 0.37* −0.12 −0.25* −0.18 −0.02 0.39* 0.37* 0.55§ 0.73 ––
14. Assertiveness 2.10 ± 1.46 2.67 ± 1.16 2.66 ± 0.91 2.59 ± 1.36 0.35* 0.04 0.25* 0.35* −0.13 −0.13 −0.30* −0.06 0.64 0.48§ 0.73 0.80# 0.63 ––
15. Cognitive 2.43 ± 1.24 2.54 ± 1.15 2.69 ± 1.21 2.49 ± 1.42 0.25* 0.11 0.20* 0.22* 0.00 −0.13 −0.23* −0.21* 0.38* 0.31* 0.56§ 0.61 0.51§ 0.68 ––
16. Bodily-somatic 1.95 ± 1.59 2.36 ± 1.18 2.59 ± 1.19 2.38 ± 1.49 0.26* 0.06 0.21* 0.33* 0.02 −0.13 −0.19 −0.05 0.55§ 0.45§ 0.71 0.70 0.52§ 0.79 0.60 ––
17. Motor-behavioral 2.15 ± 1.29 2.09 ± 1.26 2.54 ± 1.04 2.46 ± 1.29 0.28* 0.08 0.21* 0.31* −0.10 −0.15 −0.25* −0.15 0.45§ 0.34* 0.58§ 0.69 0.56§ 0.67 0.74 0.81# ––
18. Operational 1.84 ± 1.42 2.05 ± 1.16 2.23 ± 1.25 2.27 ± 1.33 0.35* 0.09 0.23* 0.32* −0.10 −0.20* −0.24* −0.12 0.53§ 0.48§ 0.68 0.83# 0.70 0.71 0.72 0.79 0.92# ––
19. Communicative 0.44 ± 1.44 0.08 ± 1.82 0.58 ± 1.61 0.82 ± 1.68 −0.08 0.05 −0.19 −0.04 0.46§ −0.05 0.17 0.20* −0.08 −0.03 0.01 0.17 0.28* 0.09 0.24* 0.20* 0.23* 0.16 ––
20. Social support 2.20 ± 1.40 2.43 ± 1.47 2.62 ± 1.11 2.24 ± 1.56 0.33* 0.17 0.48§ 0.31* −0.19 −0.14 −0.35* −0.22* 0.46§ 0.47§ 0.83# 0.68 0.45§ 0.53§ 0.57§ 0.54§ 0.53§ 0.61 0.03

Correlation *low, §moderate, moderately high #high (Zhu, 2012).