Table 2. Pre-competition emotions for starters and non-starters for the three league games. Data are means (± SD).
 

Game 1

Game 2

Game 3
 

Starters

Non-starters

Starters

Non-starters

Starters

Non-starters

PSE

4.8 (1.3)

4.3 (0.86)

3.8 (1.3)

4.1 (0.96)

4.2 (1.5)

4.5 (0.6)

USE

1.6 (0.5)

2.7 (1.3)

1.9 (1.1)

2.1 (0.7)

2.2 (0.9)

2.5 (1.3)

PTE

5.4 (1.1)

4.7 (0.7)

4.5 (2.2)

4.2 (1.6)

5.1 (1.3)

4.9 (1.1)

UTE

1.7 (0.9)

2.2 (1.1)

1.1 (0.2)

1.6 (0.8)

1.5 (0.4)

1.8 (0.8)
Abbreviations: N: Starters, NS: non-starter players, PSE: Pleasant Somatic Emotions, USE: Unpleasant Somatic Emotions, PTE: Pleasant Transactional Emotions, UTE: Unpleasant Transactional Emotions