Anxiety Performance Among Athlete in Response to Theories and Standard Instruments: A Systematic Review

Successful sports performance is determined on how skillful the athlete perceives the anxiety into positive performance. This study purposely assesses the background of recent studies on anxiety theory, assessment instrument and map the anxiety literature survey into a simple taxonomy. Current research intends to identify the vital aspects that affect athlete performance in the sports field that remain a challenge nowadays. Most related articles on (1) anxiety theory (2) athlete (3) sports performance through three (3) popular databases are searched on Clarivate Analytics, Scopus, and PubMed. These databases are deemed broad to cover both relevant theoretical and technical literature. Thirty-three studies (N = 33) were selected after screening process and biddable to the inclusion criteria mentioned. Background data of studies provided varying samples, sports, and conditions. The study finding has highlighted the functional of anxiety theory to measure anxiety performance assisted with an anxiety assessment. The ability of the anxiety theories getting robust toward athlete performance by integrating with anxiety assessment.