Stress And Anxiety Flashcards
What is eu stress?.
Positive
- adrenalin rush
- intrinsic satisfaction and boosted confidence
What is anxiety ?
Negative
- decreases performance
- lose concentration etc.
- sweating etc.
What can cause stress?
6
- audience
- frustration
- competition
- physiological + climatic
- conflict
- personal
What is the process of the stress response ?
- stressor
- alarm reaction
- resistance
- exhaustion
What is cognitive anxiety ?
Thoughts and worries about perceived lack of ability to meet demands of situation successfully
What is somatic anxiety ?
Physiological responses to the perception of being unable to complete the task successfully
What is A-trait anxiety?
Becoming anxious in a wide range of situations
Genetic
What is A-state anxiety?
When in a specific situation
Based on mood
What is competitive trait anxiety?
Perceive all competitive situations as threatening
What is the stress response process?
Environmental demand
Perception of environmental demand
Stress response
Actual behaviour
How to measure anxiety?
- observation
- biofeedback
- self-report questionnaire
How can a performer control cognitive anxiety?
- stress management techniques
- lower importance of the event
- change manor, how they interpret their performance
How does a coach reduce an individual’s cognitive anxiety?
- reduce threat of stressor
- boost their confidence
- re-evaluate failure
Cognitive stress management techniques ? 5
- imagery
- mental rehearsal
- thought stopping
- attentional control
- self-talk
Somatic stress management techniques? 3
- biofeedback
- breathing control
- progressive muscular relaxation
