Anxiety Flashcards
Define Anxiety.
A negative aspect of stress is characterised by irrational thinking, loss of concentration and fear of failure.
What are the two types of anxiety?
Competitive Trait
Competitive State
What is a Competitive Trait
Anxiety?
-A disposition to suffer nerves in most sporting situations
-Consistent
-Stable
-A player worrying before all games
-Anxious behaviour all the time
What is a Competitive State
Anxiety?
-Anxiety experienced at a specific time during a competitive situation
-Situation dependent
-Temporary rush of anxiety
-Caused by threatening circumstances, e.g. taking a penalty
- May be cognitive and/or somatic
What does having a higher trait anxiety mean?
More likely to have a higher state of anxiety.
What are the somatic symptoms of anxiety?
-Physiological responses
-Muscular tension
-Skating
-Pacing
-poor co-ordination
-Sweating
-Increased heart rate
What are the cognitive symptoms of anxiety?
-Psychological responses
-Irrational thinking- nerves
-Worrying
-Confusion
-Loss of concentration
What graph is somatic anxiety similar to?
Inverted U
What graph is cognitive anxiety similar to?
Negative linear
What are the causes of anxiety?
-Being watched
-Running out of time when losing
-Letting the team down
-Increased competition
-Injury
-Playing badly
What is an example of a questionnaire to measure anxiety?
SCAT: Sports Competition Anxiety Test (Martens 1977)
What are the positives of a questionnaire to measure anxiety?
-Quick, cheap, easy
-Results allow easy comparison
What are the negatives of a questionnaire to measure anxiety?
-Inaccurate answers, untruthful to be more socially acceptable/desirable
-Misinterpritiaion of questions, lack of understanding
-Answers may depend on mood
-Questions may be inappropriate and lead to biased answers
-Responses be influenced by time taken to complete questions (rushing)
How is observation used to measure anxiety?
By watching
What are the positives of observation to measure anxiety?
-True to life
-Based on observers opinion- subjective
