The Role of Experience, Perceived Match Importance, and Anxiety on Cortisol Response in an Official Esports Competition

Resumen

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, cognitive anxiety, and PMI before the competition than non-experts participants.

Palabras clave

esport stress competition cortisol anxiety

Datos de publicación

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health , vol. 18 (6) , pp. 2893 , 2021

Cómo citar

Mendoza, G., Clemente-Suárez, V. J., Alvero-Cruz, J. R., Rivilla, I., García-Romero, J., Fernández-Navas, M., Carrillo de Albornoz-Gil, M., & Jiménez, M. (2021). The Role of Experience, Perceived Match Importance, and Anxiety on Cortisol Response in an Official Esports Competition. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(6), 2893. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18062893