Anxiety

Question 1

Trait vs state anxiety

Answer 1

State: Momentary experience, immediate emotional state characterised by apprehension, fear etc.

Trait: General tendency to experience anxiety in different situations

Question 2

Sport anxiety manifestations

Answer 2

1. Fear of unknown
2. Failure
3. Negative social evaluation
4. Injury/physical harm

Question 3

Social psychology perspective

Answer 3

Pressure arises from situational incentives for optimal performance. eg observation of spectators, contingency of punishment/reward and social importance of the task

Question 4

Cognitive vs somatic

Answer 4

Cognitive anxiety is the mental component, like worry, rumination, poor focus etc.

Somatic anxiety is the physical component, reflecting the perception of physiological arousal

Question 5

Time-to-event nature of pre-competitive state anxiety

Answer 5

Cognitive is quite high the weeks before the event, the somatic only just before. The decrease is quite rapid. If the event goes well, cog goes down, if not, can increase