🔵 6.2 Further Psychological Effects on the Individual: Anxiety

Question 1

Anxiety

Answer 1

A level of nerves and irrational thinking

Question 2

Competitive trait anxiety

Answer 2

A disposition to suffer form nervousness in most sporting situation

Question 3

When someone has competitive trait anxiety, when do they get anxious

Answer 3

Before all competitions regardless of the importance of the event and possibility of winning

Question 4

Competitive state anxiety

Answer 4

A nervous response to a specific sporting situation

Question 5

Factors of state anxiety

Answer 5

Temporary and it is a response to a particular moment in a game

Question 6

Example of when state anxiety would occur

Answer 6

When taking a penalty

Question 7

Link between state and trait anxiety

Answer 7

An individual with high trait anxiety is more likely to experience a hig state anxiety when faced with a stressful situation

Question 8

Who established the link between state and trait theory

Answer 8

Rainer martens

Question 9

Somatic anxiety

Answer 9

A physiological response to a threat such as as an increased heart rate

Question 10

Cognitive anxiety

Answer 10

A psychological response such as worrying about losing.

Question 11

Factors of cognitive anxiety

Answer 11

• may not believe they have the ability to complete a task
• nervousness
• loss of concentration
• irrational thinking

Question 12

Factors of somatic anxiety

Answer 12

• increased heart rate
• sweating
• muscular tension
• sickness

Question 13

What effect does somatic anxiety have on performance

Answer 13

Same as inverted U theory, increased somatic anxiety increases performance up to a point after that will impair performance

Question 14

Effect of cognitive anxiety on peritmrnance

Answer 14

Greater cognitive the worse performance

Question 15

How long before a competition does somatic anxiety increase

Answer 15

Just before a competition

Question 16

How long before a competition does cognitive anxiety increase

Answer 16

Much earlier, 1 and a half hours before

Question 17

3 anxiety measures

Answer 17

• questionaires
• observation
• physiological testing

Question 18

Questionnaire

Answer 18

Set of questions to measure or assess something, in this case anxiety

Question 19

Advantages of a questjknaire

Answer 19

Cheap easy and efficient

Question 20

Disadvantages of questionnaire

Answer 20

• players may not understand question
• players may give socially desirable response
• answers may depend on mood state
• they questions may be in appropriate giving a bias result

Question 21

Sports competition anxiety tests (SCAT)

Answer 21

A questionnaire used by sports psychologists to measure anxiety

Question 22

Development of SCAT

Answer 22

Competitive sport anxiety inventory (CSAI 2) 1990

Question 23

Examples of questions of CSAI

Answer 23

I have self doubts
Scale = not at all, somewhat, moderately, very much so
My body feels tense

Question 24

Format of results from CSAI 2 test

Answer 24

Maximum score of 36 for cognitive, anxiety and confidence, 9 questions for each

Question 25

Observation

Answer 25

Gaining a measure of anxiety simple by watching the performer

Question 26

One advantage of observation

Answer 26

True to life

Question 27

Disadvantages of observation

Answer 27

• results based on observer
• observer must know what the performer behaves like normally, so can be time consuming
• may need multiple observers
• performer may feel unease and they may suffer from more anxiety, making the results invalid

Question 28

Physical changes to the body caused by anxiety

Answer 28

• increase HR
• increase levels of sweating
• increased rate of respiration
• increase hormone secretion

Question 29

2 advantages of physiological measures

Answer 29

• factual so can make comparisons
• could be measured during training or real game due to technology

Question 30

4 disadvantages of physiological measures

Answer 30

• training often required for the coaches to use the technology
• cost
• some devices may cause restriction to movement for performer
• the fact that the poformer knows they are being measured may cause additional stress, give a false reading

Question 31

3 anxiety measures

Answer 31

• questionnaire
• observation
• physiological measures