Anxiety Flashcards
Define Anxiety
A level of nervousness and irrational thinking
What is Competitive State anxiety?
A nervous response to specific sporting situations
What is Competitive Trait anxiety?
A disposition to suffer from nervousness
Name two features of cognitive anxiety?
Loss of concentration
Irrational thinking - lack of belief in ability
Name two features of somatic society
Increased haert rate
Muscular tension
Name three ways of measuring anxiety in sport
Questionnaire
Observation
Physiological tests.
Discuss the benefits of using questionaire to measure anxiety.
Involves giving short, written answers that can then be standardised to scale to compare results.
Advantages - Deals with lots of info, Quick/efficient, Cheap, Objective
Disadvantages - Questions misunderstood, Too general: yes/no only, Biased answers, Weak validity/unreliable, Depends on mood states.
Discuss the benefits of using Observation to measure anxiety?
Researcher watches players in action several times and notes aspects of their behaviour and personality.
Advantages - Realistic, Ture picture of athletes
Disadvanyages - Subjective- results vary, comments opinionated, time consuming, Athletes behaviour may change, Consistency of data collection
Discuss the benefits of using Physiological methods to measure anxiety?
Body Measurements - sweating, Increased Heart Rate, Increased rate of breathing, Increased levels of hormone secretion.
Advantages - Factual, Easy to comapre, Realistic
Disadvantages - Costly, needs training to learn method, May restrict movement, May cause additional stress.
What is Somatic anxiety?
A physiological response to a threat such as increased heart rate.
What is cognitive anxiety?
A Psychological response such as worrying about losing.
