Lecture 5 - Stress coping and emotion

Question 1

Define stress

Answer 1

A unfolding dynamic transactional process between an athlete and the situation. based off of environment, goals and values

Question 2

Explain the transactional model of stress and coping

Answer 2

environmental demand –> primary and secondary appraisal –> problem or emotional coping –> leads to reappraisal

Question 3

explain the cognitive motivational relational theory

Answer 3

Cognitive = knowledge and appraisal of occurrences during adaptational encounters
motivational = understanding of what makes adaptational encounters relatable and how it may or may not harm us
Relational = emotions caused by the person and environment relationship.
the environmental factors that affect this are novelty predicabilty event uncertainty and duration

Question 4

what are the 3 personal factors that affect stress

Answer 4

goals and goal hierarchy - without a goal at stake there will be no potential for stress
belief about the self and the world - how we see overselves within the world
personal resources - those available

Question 5

3 components of primary appraisal

Answer 5

goal relevance - anything at stake
goal congruence - is it harmful or beneficial
goal context - what type of goal is at stake

Question 6

what are the 3 types of coping available

Answer 6

task - seeking support and deal with emotions
distraction - focus- attend to something away from the situation
disengagement- removing oneself from it

Question 7

What is the importance of emotional regulation

Answer 7

emotions pervade all aspects of life, and are heightend in sport due to emotional environments

Question 8

what are the positives of emotion

Answer 8

lead to motivation , improve interaction, improve performance, reduce conflict

Question 9

define emotional regulation

Answer 9

Automatic/ deliberate use of strategies to initiate maintain or modify emotions

Question 10

types of emotional regulation

Answer 10

Hedonic - make yourself feel better

instrumental - use emotions in certain ways to achieve desired responses.

Question 11

What approaches do we have

Answer 11

Situation selection - actively choosing to place themselves in certain situations
situation modification - attempts to modify external aspects of the environment
attention redeployment - direct attention to attend to stimuli that don’t impact emotion
cognitive change - changing the meaning of the event
response modulation - strategies designed to regulate physiological and cognitive aspects of emotion