Levels of anxiety and self-confidence of Civil Guard motorcycle students at the traffic school in practice scenarios

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The aim of this study was to analyse the values related to the perception of anxiety and self-confidence shown by students of the motorcycle driving course at the Traffic Academy of the Guardia Civil. The study sample consisted of 31 subjects, Guardia Civil officers enrolled as students at the Traffic School. A specific test was designed to reflect different driving situations that challenged the subjects' skills. The tools used for data collection were the self-reported questionnaires: the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI-E) to measure state-trait anxiety and the Competitive State Anxiety Inventory-2R (CSAI-2R) to assess participants' pre-competitive anxiety. The statistical analysis showed differences in relation to the variables of cognitive anxiety, somatic anxiety, and state anxiety, considering the moments both prior to and after the driving test, as well as at the baseline moment. The correlation between all study variables and the different recording moments showed significant differences in most cases, with pre-test cognitive anxiety showing the least significance. The results of this study highlight the complexity of the interactions between anxiety and self-confidence in such specific evaluative contexts. This suggests the need to continue developing evaluation procedures and tests adapted to the idiosyncrasies of this group, which are crucial for the development of intervention programs that strengthen self-confidence, foster a positive mental state, and reduce anxiety in the subjects.

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