AU - Salehi, Hamid AU - Mohseni, Maryam TI - Anxiety level among Iranian football referees: The role of self-consciousness and coping styles PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE TA - JRSM JN - JRSM VO - 7 VI - 14 IP - 14 4099 - http://jrsm.khu.ac.ir/article-1-2655-en.html 4100 - http://jrsm.khu.ac.ir/article-1-2655-en.pdf SO - JRSM 14 ABĀ  - The purpose of this investigation was to evaluate the level of anxiety experienced by Iranian football referees, and to predict the level of referees’ competitive anxiety according to their self-consciousness and coping styles. One hundred thirteen male football referees voluntarily completed a demographic questionnaire, Self-Consciousness Scale (SCS; Fenigstein, Scheier, & Buss, 1975), and referring-modified versions of the Sports Competitive Anxiety Test (SCAT; Martens, Vealey, & Burton, 1990) and the Coping Style Inventory for Athletes (CSIA; Anshel & Kaissidis, 1997). Results indicated that the referees tolerated low levels of anxiety in a contest (14.19 ± 3.54). It has revealed that in the face of a stressful event, strategies of avoidance rather than approach are usually used by the referees. The results showed that avoidance coping style and private, public, and social self-consciousness are significantly correlated with the referees’ competitive anxiety. Stepwise regression analysis showed that the best predictors of referees’ anxiety were private self-consciousness and avoidance coping style that together accounted for 25% of the explained variance. Results indicate that the competitive anxiety of referees may affect by their self-conscious and coping styles in competitive settings. CP - IRAN IN - LG - eng PB - JRSM PG - 16 PT - Research YR - 2017