Composición corporal y rasgos de ansiedad y depresión en deportistas de la Concentración Deportiva de Pichincha. 2017.

Abstract

The objective of the study was to determine the relation between the corporal composition and the anxiety features and depression of athletes of high competitive level in the sports concentration of Pichincha 2017. The athlete looks for ways to improve the performance with the only perspective of being victorious., the distance that there is between the corporal composition and the existence of anxiety features and depression narrow. The present study of cross type with a sample of 51 athletes, 13 women and 38 men of 17 to 45 ages, in the research they response through a study and evaluations that involved several participants, corporal measurements to determine the corporal composition and anxiety and depression test. These taken data were done according to the participant sport and with inclusion and exclusion criteria. Through an analysis with the program JMP 11.0.0 lo it is evidenced that the largest population is found with a composition according to the sports area with muscle mass within the appropriate average based on its reference as well as fat mass in a percentage with less than the average, however, when correlating it, it is evident that while there is less% of fat mass, the increase in anxious features is observed and with muscle mass above the phantom, there is evidence of a greater increase in depression, this can be associated with the cause generated by competitive sport where body composition plays a fundamental role. Generate efficient intervention, treatment and prevention strategies in the determinants of the prevalence of anxiety and depression traits.