Anxiety

Question 1

What is anxiety

Answer 1

A negative response to a perceived threat

Question 2

What is competitive trait anxiety

Answer 2

A disposition to suffer from nervousness in most sporting situations

Question 3

What is competitive state anxiety

Answer 3

A nervous response to a specific sporting situation

Question 4

What is the relationship between traits and state anxiety

Answer 4

Direct relationships

Those with high trait have high state in high competitive situations

Question 5

What are the 2 forms of anxiety

Answer 5

Cognitive - Thoughts and feelings

Somatic - Physiological responses

Question 6

Relearionship between cognitive anxiety and performance

Answer 6

When cognitive anxiety is high, performance is low

Question 7

Relationship between somatic anxiety and performance

Answer 7

When somatic is low or high, performance is low

When somatic anxiety is moderate (warm up) optimal performance occurs

Question 8

Before and during a competition, how high is somatic and cognitive anxiety?

Answer 8

Cognitive is high and somatic is low leading to up to a competition

At the onset of competition, somatic is high and cognitive decreases as the competition goes on

Question 9

What are the 3 methods of measuring anxiety

Answer 9

Questionnaires
Observation
Physiological testing

Question 10

What 2 questionnaires are used to measure anxiety?

Answer 10

Sport competitive anxiety test (SCAT)
CSAI2

Question 11

How many times is the SCAT taken

Answer 11

Once

Question 12

How many times is the SCAI2 taken and when

Answer 12

3 occasions

A week before
A day before
An hour before

Question 13

What is the CSAI2 measuring?

Answer 13

Cognitive state
Somatic state
Self confidence

Question 14

What is validity

Answer 14

Whether data collected actually measures what it claims to measuee

Question 15

What is reliability

Answer 15

The degree to which data collection is consistent and stable overtime

Question 16

Strengths of Questionnaires

Answer 16

Cheap
Quick
Efficient
Large number can be assessed
Easy to compre

Question 17

Weakness of Questionarries

Answer 17

May not understand question
May give socially desired answer
May depend on athelete mood
Leading questions can cause bias
Performer may rush questionnaire

Question 18

Strengths of using observations to measure anxiety

Answer 18

True to life as it is done in real time

Question 19

Strengths of physiological testing

Answer 19

Factual so comparisons can be made
Can be used in game with trackers

Question 20

Weakness of Observations

Answer 20

Subjective
Observers need to know normal behaviour of performer
Time consuming
Evaluation apprehension may occur

Question 21

Weakness of physiological testing

Answer 21

Expensive as those using equipment need training
Wearing tracker may restrict movement
Awareness of tracker may cause stress

Question 22

What is the validity like of questionnaires and why?

Answer 22

Not very valid

People may lie
May go with current feeling rather than competition feeling
Bias
May be rushed and give invalid results

Question 23

What is the reliability of questionnaires like and why?

Answer 23

Not reliable

People may respond differently on different days

Question 24

What is the validity like on observations and why?

Answer 24

Valid

Takes place in real life setting

Question 25

What is the reliability like of observations and why?

Answer 25

Not reliable

Observer may draw different conclusions with same info - subjective

Question 26

What is the validity like of physiological testing and why?

Answer 26

Valid as data is objective

Can also be seen as invalid due to change in behaviour if aware of assessment

Question 27

What is the reliability of physiological testing like and why?

Answer 27

Reliable

Situational factors make it reliable

Question 28

What is observations?

Answer 28

Gaining a measure of anxiety by watching the performer

Can be done in training or a match

Question 29

What is physiological testing?

Answer 29

Measuring anxiety by measuring physical responses in the body - somatic anxiety