Paper 2: Anxiety

Question 1

Anxiety definition

Answer 1

Anxiety can be defined as a feeling of apprehension when faced with a stimulus that is perceived to be threatening.

Question 2

What 4 types of anxiety is there?

Answer 2

State anxiety
Trait anxiety
Somatic anxiety
Cognitive anxiety

Question 3

What is state anxiety?

Answer 3

State anxiety refers to how an individual reacts to a specific stressful situation.

• Temporary response to a threatening situation.
• Differs depending on situation.

Question 4

What is trait anxiety?

Answer 4

Trait anxiety refers to an individual’s tendency to react to a stress in a specific way based on personality.

Question 5

What is cognitive anxiety?

Answer 5

Cognitive anxiety is the mental/psychological reactions to anxiety.

Question 6

What is somatic anxiety?

Answer 6

Somatic anxiety is the physiological effects that anxiety can have on an individual.

Question 7

Cognitive anxiety symptoms

Answer 7

• Loss of concentration or focus
• Poor selective attention
• Confusion
• Feelings of uneasiness
• Negative thoughts
• Feelings of weakness
• Poor decision making
• Feelings of being unsatisfied

Question 8

Somatic anxiety symptoms

Answer 8

• Headache
• Muscular tension
• Increased HR
• Increased ventilation rate
• Increased sweating
• Nausea
• Irritability
• Increased need to urinate
• Loss of appetite

Question 9

What 3 methods can be used to measure anxiety?

Answer 9

• Sport Competition Anxiety Test (SCAT)
• Physiological Tests
• Obeservations

Question 10

What is the SCAT test?

Answer 10

The Sport Competition Anxiety Test (SCAT) is a self-report questionnaire which evaluates how they feel prior to competition and their views towards participating in competitive sport in general.

Question 11

What are the advantages of the SCAT test?

Answer 11

• High levels of reliability
• High validity
• Strong predictor of competitive state anxiety.
• Quick & easy
• Cheap

Question 12

What are the disadvantages of the SCAT test?

Answer 12

• Performer may answer the question as socially desirable as possible

Question 13

What are physiological anxiety tests?

Answer 13

Physiological anxiety tests include tests such as measuring the HR response to a variety of environments.

• Determining physiological signs of anxiety.

Question 14

What are the advantages of using physiological test to measure anxiety?

Answer 14

• Provides real-time and accurate measurements
• Objective data

Question 15

What are the disadvantages of using physiological tests to measure anxiety?

Answer 15

• Expensive
• Takes time
• Wearing the equipment can sometimes cause a spike in anxiety.

Question 16

What are observational anxiety tests?

Answer 16

This is when another person watches the performance of an individual, recording their signs of anxiety.

Question 17

What are the advantages of using observations to measure anxiety?

Answer 17

• Quick, cheap, and easy
• Gives an insight into how the performer reacts during a live performance.

Question 18

What are the disadvantages of using observational tests to measure anxiety?

Answer 18

• Subjective data
• Performer may feel more nervous when they know they’re being monitored.
• Based on opinions.