Unit 3 - Physical Activity & Anxiety Flashcards
state of successful performance of mental function
mental health
Mental health results in _________ activities, fulfilling relationships, and the ability to adapt to change and cope with _______.
productive, adversity
collectively, all diagnosable mental disorders
mental illness
___________ are health conditions characterized by altered thought, mood, behavior associated with distress and/or impaired function.
mental illnesses
___________ are less extreme than mental illness.
mental health problems
It is important to understand causes for development and refinement of ________ and ___________ treatments for mental illness.
effective, appropriate
___________ is a multidimensional assessment and outcome-monitoring instrument subscales related to psychological symptoms and distress in college students, and incorporate a general Distress Index.
CCAPS (Counseling Center Assessment of Psychological Symptoms)
Normal human emotion, often elicited when encountering stressors
anxiety
Anxiety is a noticeable, emotional state characterized by feelings of _________ and elevated __________ activity.
apprehension, autonomic nervous system
_______ is a pathological counterpart of normal fear that is manifested by disturbances of mood, cognition, behavior, and physiological activity.
clinical anxiety
Anxiety is a _________ condition characterized by unpleasant feelings, bodily symptoms from activation in the ANS, changes in cognitions, changes in behavior, and vigilance.
psychophysiological
________ is the most prevalent of mental disorders due to increased number of stressors.
anxiety
Clinical anxiety can be distinguished from normal anxiety through the ________ and __________ of symptoms, degree of suffering, and degree __________.
number, intensity, dysfunction
________ treatments of anxiety (drugs, therapy) are readily available and generally effective.
traditional
Only __% of people get meaningful relief from medications for anxiety.
50
combination of relaxation training, thought restructuring, psychological education, changing responses to anxiety-provoking situations
psychotherapy & CBT
transient emotional state involving feelings of apprehension and heightened ANS activity
state anxiety
________ anxiety is assessed by asking how do you feel “right now, at this moment”
state
A more general predisposition involving the tendency to perceive situations as threatening or dangerous and respond with apprehension, worry, and nervousness across many situations.
trait anxiety
_________ anxiety is assessed by asking how do you “generally feel or feel on average”
trait
single bouts of exercise at some level of intensity and duration
acute exercise
regular program of acute bouts of exercise lasting for weeks or months and usually designed to improve aspects of fitness
chronic exercise
What is the most common, easiest, and fastest way to measure anxiety?
self-report/questionnaire
Physically fit individuals are shown to have ____ anxiety than their unfit counterparts.
less
____ levels of anxiety decrease following chronic activity.
trait
Evidence supports __________ as a buffer against anxiety symptoms and anxiety disorders.
physical activity
Initially low-fit, highly anxious individuals have the most to gain from __________.
exercise training
Anxiety is reduced following ________ exercise. This occurs for state anxiety following _______ exercise and trait anxiety following _________ exercise.
aerobic, acute, chronic
Anxiety seems to _________ slightly following acute light intensity resistance/anaerobic exercise.
increase
Many self-report instruments may be erroneously reflecting increased anxiety that is really increased _________.
arousal
_________ effect is transient (seems to last 2-4 hours following acute exercise) and parallels some physiological changes.
Anxiolytic
________ is as affective as other known anxiety-reducing treatments.
exercise
deVries found that the ________ intensity exercise works better to replace medication.
lower
Some have said that exercise of at least moderate intensity sustained for at least ___ minutes will yield anxiety reduction
20
States that elevated body temperature resulting from exercise may lead to observed psychological changes, such as reduced anxiety
Thermogenic Hypothesis
States that exercise provides distraction from normal routine
Distraction/Time-Out Hypothesis
States that PA enhances affect by “increasing pleasantness of valence and arousal (activation)”
Core Affect Hypothesis
Rebar et al. (2015) found that __________ increased after exercise in patients with anxiety disorders.
valence
Propensity to fear anxiety sensations and characteristic of many anxiety disorders
distress intolerance
Exercise helps by providing exposure to somatic sensations leading to fear and anxiety.
interoceptive exposure
Exercise reduces aspects of anxiety ___________ that is also negatively associated with PA/exercise.
sensitivity
Williams et al. (2016) found that greater aerobic fitness is associated with _____ general anxiety and _____ positive perceptions of anxiety symptoms during acute stress task.
less, more
Long-term exercise is usually associated with reductions in ________ and anxiety.
neuroticism
