Lecture 5: Anxiety (Part 1)

Question 1

Define multidimensional anxiety.

Answer 1

Negative
Nervousness and Worry
Arousal of Body

Question 2

Define stress.

Answer 2

Imbalance in demand and response

Failure has important consequences

Question 3

Define arousal.

Answer 3

Psychological and physical activation

Question 4

What are the antecedents of anxiety?

Answer 4

Situational:

Performance failure 
Situation ambiguity 
Negative social evaluation 
Physical Harm 
Disruption of routine 

Personal:

Ego orientation 
Competitive trait anxiety 
Low self-confidence
Self-presentational concerns 
Perfectionism

Question 5

What did Hanton et al. find about swimmer anxiety and self-confidence leading up to competition?

Answer 5

Self-confidence decreased

Cognitive and somatic anxiety intensity increased massively

Question 6

What did Mellalieu et al. conclude about sport type and sport experience’s effect on anxiety and self-confidence?

Answer 6

High experience:

Lower cognitive anxiety intensity
More facilitative anxiety
Higher self-confidence

Rugby vs. golf
Rugby had…

Higher anxiety intensity
More facilitative anxiety
Lower self-confidence

Question 7

What are the sources of stress identified by Hanton et al.?

Answer 7

Performance 
Personal 
Leader 
Team
Environmental

Question 8

What effect did interventions have on anxiety interpretations?

Answer 8

Increased self-confidence and faciltative perceptions of cognitive and somatic anxiety

Question 9

List some mental techniques used to improve self-confidence.

Answer 9

Mental rehearsal
Cognitive re-structuring
Cognitive thought stopping
Self-Talk