Anxiety Flashcards
Define Anxiety.
A negative aspect of feeling stress, worries over the possibilities of failure.
Anxiety is a negative response to a perceived threat.
What is Competitive Trait Anxiety?
A disposition to suffer nervousness in most sporting situations.
What is Competitive State Anxiety?
A nervous response to specific sporting situations.
What is Somatic Anxiety?
A physiological response to a threat such as increase heart rate.
What is Cognitive Anxiety?
A psychological response such as worrying about losing.
What are the causes of anxiety?
Fear or Failure.
Effects of Audience.
Low Self-Confidence or Self-Efficacy.
Fear of injury or being fouled.
Importance of Task/event.
Evaluation Apprehension.
Define Efficacy.
Confidence in a specific task/skill/situation.
List the Methods to Measuring Anxiety?
Questionnaires.
Observation.
Physiological Response.
What are Questionaires?
Asking the Performer to Complete a Test about their Emotions.
What are Observations?
Watching Athletes in Training or in Competition.
What are Physiological Responses?
Measuring Physical Responses from the body e.g. Sweating and Increased HR.
List the Advantages of Questionnaires.
Quick.
Cheap.
Efficient - Large number can quickly be Assessed.
Results can easily be Compared.
List the Disadvantages of Questionnaires.
May not Understand the Question.
May give Desirable Answers.
Answers depend on Mood.
Questions may lead to bias Answers.
Answers may be Rushed.
List the Advantages to Observations.
Answers are True to Life.
List the Disadvantages to Observations.
Answers are Subjective.
Multiple Observations needed.
Time Consuming.
A Behaviour may change when being Watched.
List the Advantages to Physiological Responses.
Factual, Live Results, Comparisons can easily be made.
Advances in technology info can be Immediate.
Monitor Physiological Responses such as HR.
List the Disadvantages to Physiological Responses.
Training required to Learn how to Use.
Can cause Stress/Anxiety.
May Restrict Movement.
Cost.
List the Anxiety Questionaires.
STAI.
SCAT.
CSAI-2
Define STAI Questionaire.
State-Trait Anxiety Inventory.
Distinguishes between State and Trait.
Who created the STAI Questionnaire and When?
Spielberg. 1983
Define SCAT Questionnaire.
Sport Competition Anxiety Test.
15 Statements to measure individuals response to Competition Sporting Situations.
Who created the SCAT Questionnaire and When?
Martins. 1977
Define CSAI-2 Questionnaire.
Competitive State Anxiety Inventory.
Distinguish between Cognitive and Somatic Anxiety.
Allows measurement
Who created the CSAI Questionnaire and When?
Martins. 1990
