Research Article
The Influence of Cortisol, Flow, and Anxiety on Performance in E-Sports: A Field Study
Table 3
Descriptive statistics (mean ± standard deviation) of groups with different cortisol response patterns.
| | Dependent variables (mean ± standard deviation) | Cortisol decrease (n = 6) | Low to moderate cortisol increase (n = 10) | High cortisol increase (n = 7) |
| | Age (years) | 23.8 ± 4.6 | 24.1 ± 3.3 | 23.1 ± 2.5 | | Height (cm) | 179.7 ± 5.6 | 177.8 ± 9.3 | 172.4 ± 7.9 | | Weight (kg) | 90.0 ± 16.6 | 78.5 ± 10.6 | 65.0 ± 11.6 | | BMI (kg/m2) | 27.5 ± 4.6 | 24.9 ± 3.4 | 22.0 ± 4.2 | | Cortisol baseline (nmol/l) | 3.6 ± 1.2 | 3.0 ± 2.0 | 4.2 ± 3.0 | | Cortisol postgame (nmol/l) | 2.1 ± 0.6 | 5.3 ± 2.8 | 16.0 ± 3.6 | | Flow | 4.9 ± 0.6 | 5.0 ± 0.8 | 4.6 ± 1.2 | | Anxiety | 2.5 ± 0.7 | 5.4 ± 1.9 | 4.6 ± 1.4 | | Performance (wins–defeats/ratio) | 1 – 5/0.2 | 7 – 3/2.3 | 4 – 3/1.3 |
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