Final Exam Flashcards
Strong beliefs in one own value
Commitment
Components of Hardiness
Commitment, Challenge, Control
Views difficulties can be overcome
Challenge
Strong sense of personal power
Control
How are hardiness and physical health related
Both are related to higher coping skills
Constellation of personality characteristics that function as a resistance resource in the encountering of stressful life events
Hardiness
Generalized outcome expectancies
Dispositional optimism
Individuals high in dispositional optimism
Proposed to anticipate good rather than bad things will happen to them and engage in positive health practices that promote greater physical and psychological well-being and respond to adversity using adaptive coping strategies that aim to eliminate, reduce, or manage stressors or emotions
Unpleasant state of mental uneasiness or concern that causes physical and psychological discomfort
Anxiety
General level of stress that is characteristic of an individual, that is, a trait related to personality. How individuals have conditioned themselves to respond and manage the stress.
Competitive Trait Anxiety
Characterized by a state of heightened emotions that develop in response to a fear or danger of a particular situation
Competitive State Anxiety
What plays the biggest role in state anxiety?
Confidence
3 major factors in determining the motivation levels of children in YS settings
Achievement Goal Theory
3 major factors of Achievement Goal Theory
Goal Orientation, Motivational Climate, Perceived ability
Goal Orientation
Split into Task and Ego orientation
Task Orientation
Positive view, Success is defined as self-referent improvement
Ego Orientation
Negative view, Success is defined by social comparison and out-doing others
Motivational Climate
Split into Mastery Climate and Performance Climate
Mastery Climate
Positive view, Focus on learning, effort, cooperative strategies, and skill development
Performance Climate
Negative view, Focus on competitive, beating teammates, demonstrating superiority over others
Perceived Ability
Can be either High or Low
High - Greater Competence
Low - Less Competence
Overtraining Signs
Changes in an athlete’s physical output
Changes in an athlete’s motivation level
Psychosomatic complaints and decrease in intensity
Changes in the practice climate of the team - increased small overuse injuries
Loss of vigor, initiative, and successful performance
Staleness
Staleness is attributed to
Long or extended seasons, Monotony in practice or program structure, Abusiveness (verbal and physical or controlling), High and constant levels of stress, Poor eating habits
How to Prevent Staleness
Time off
Allow athletes to have more input and control over decisions that affect them
Decrease emotional and stressful demands
Provide a supportive and caring environment
Sufficient attention to complaints and small injuries
Goal setting, relaxation, mental practices, positive self talk
State of physical, mental, and emotional exhaustion. Ability to cope with minor daily frustrations decreases and ability to cope with major problems are paralyzed
Burnout
3 core symptoms of burnout
Depletion of emotional and physical resources, reduced accomplishment, and devaluation of achievements
Burnout is highly linked to
Perfectionism