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Stress and Anxiety (Definition of Anxiety (Measurement Methods (Activation…
Stress and Anxiety
Definition of Anxiety
Barlow (2004) "a future oriented mood state in which one is not ready or prepared to attempt to cope with upcoming negative events"
Types of Anxiety
Trait
This is the fabric of the body that copes with anxiety. It can be linked to personality where anxiety is placed at a high level with neuroticism (Ashton et al.,2004)
State
This is the immediate response to a situation; the increase in anxiousness will look to the threat of the situation.
Theories
Multidimensional Cognitive Anxiety Theory (Martens et al., 1990)
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Links to stress: Focuses on how the body and mind react to stress, in conjunction with the immediate response to a situation (State Anxiety)
Anxiety negatively impacts performance and gives a foundation for a reductionist approach as to how to manage anxiety
Control Model (Jones, 1995)
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The focus is: how to control anxiety, how stressors are perceived, and whether it is facilitative or debilitative to one’s performance.
It looks at restructuring anxiety, rather than eliminating it.
Measurement Methods
Activation De-Activation Checklist (Thayer, 1989)
Can be linked in with stress, with regards to cognition as that heavily relies on emotion and can affect performance
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Anxiety Management
Reduce: cognitive and somatic anxiety using techniques like relaxation, music
Restructure using techniques like using imagery, goal setting. Links to cognitive stress: one learns to control emotions
Definition of Stress
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Causes of Stress
Physical Hurt
Links to motivation: Being injured, de-motivated is natural. However, if intrinsically motivated, they will stay in sport, but if extrinsically motivated, they need rewards or praise to want to return..
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Links to concentration: needs to perform tasks as well as ignoring any distractions, like the crowd, to perform optimally
Links to attention: if athlete is not focused on one skill, then attention will be divided, therefore performance won't be as accurate
The Stress Process (McGrath 1970) 
Seyle, 1950 "Stress is the non-specific response of the body to any demand made upon it."