Table 4.

State and trait anxiety levels and patterns of biogenetic temperament between athletes with and without winning experience. Data are means (±SD).

	Winner (n=110)	No winner (n=167)	Statistics
			t	p
State anxiety	47.0 (15.2)	50.7 (12.1)	2.13	.03 *
Trait anxiety	47.8 (13.4)	51.4 (14.1)	1.99	.04 *
Novelty Seeking	19.9 (5.2)	19.7 (5.2)	.48	.63
Harm Avoidance	18.1 (5.5)	18.5 (6.5)	.58	.56
Reward Dependence	15.4 (3.2)	14.4 (3.3)	2.41	.02 *
Persistence	4.9 (1.8)	4.4 (1.8)	2.29	.02 *

* p < 0.05. Winner: athletes who had the experience of the 1^st or the final winner.