Paper 2: Anxiety Flashcards
Anxiety definition
Anxiety can be defined as a feeling of apprehension when faced with a stimulus that is perceived to be threatening.
What 4 types of anxiety is there?
State anxiety
Trait anxiety
Somatic anxiety
Cognitive anxiety
What is state anxiety?
State anxiety refers to how an individual reacts to a specific stressful situation.
- Temporary response to a threatening situation.
- Differs depending on situation.
What is trait anxiety?
Trait anxiety refers to an individual’s tendency to react to a stress in a specific way based on personality.
What is cognitive anxiety?
Cognitive anxiety is the mental/psychological reactions to anxiety.
What is somatic anxiety?
Somatic anxiety is the physiological effects that anxiety can have on an individual.
Cognitive anxiety symptoms
- Loss of concentration or focus
- Poor selective attention
- Confusion
- Feelings of uneasiness
- Negative thoughts
- Feelings of weakness
- Poor decision making
- Feelings of being unsatisfied
Somatic anxiety symptoms
- Headache
- Muscular tension
- Increased HR
- Increased ventilation rate
- Increased sweating
- Nausea
- Irritability
- Increased need to urinate
- Loss of appetite
What 3 methods can be used to measure anxiety?
- Sport Competition Anxiety Test (SCAT)
- Physiological Tests
- Obeservations
What is the SCAT test?
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.
What are the advantages of the SCAT test?
- High levels of reliability
- High validity
- Strong predictor of competitive state anxiety.
- Quick & easy
- Cheap
What are the disadvantages of the SCAT test?
- Performer may answer the question as socially desirable as possible
What are physiological anxiety tests?
Physiological anxiety tests include tests such as measuring the HR response to a variety of environments.
- Determining physiological signs of anxiety.
What are the advantages of using physiological test to measure anxiety?
- Provides real-time and accurate measurements
- Objective data
What are the disadvantages of using physiological tests to measure anxiety?
- Expensive
- Takes time
- Wearing the equipment can sometimes cause a spike in anxiety.
What are observational anxiety tests?
This is when another person watches the performance of an individual, recording their signs of anxiety.
What are the advantages of using observations to measure anxiety?
- Quick, cheap, and easy
- Gives an insight into how the performer reacts during a live performance.
What are the disadvantages of using observational tests to measure anxiety?
- Subjective data
- Performer may feel more nervous when they know they’re being monitored.
- Based on opinions.
