Theories of Anxiety
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- Theories of Anxiety
- Cognitive trait anxiety
- This is when a player feels nerves before most games and could simply be part of the player's genetic make-up.
- Trait anxiety is displayed before all competitions, regardless of the importance of the event and the possibility of winning.
- The athlete feels nerves every time.
- This tendency to become anxious in all competitions is known as trait anxiety.
- The athlete feels nerves every time.
- Trait anxiety is displayed before all competitions, regardless of the importance of the event and the possibility of winning.
- This is when a player feels nerves before most games and could simply be part of the player's genetic make-up.
- Competitive state anxiety
- Competitive state anxiety is more temporary and is a response to a particular moment in a game or a specific sporting situaition.
- For example, when taking a penalty in hockey, the weight of responsibility is on the penalty-taker and this temporary increase in anxiety could affect the outcome unless the nerves are controlled.
- The amount of state anxiety experienced can vary throughout the game, it could be high at the start and reduce during the action.
- Competitive state anxiety can also depend on the mood of the individual.
- The amount of state anxiety experienced can vary throughout the game, it could be high at the start and reduce during the action.
- For example, when taking a penalty in hockey, the weight of responsibility is on the penalty-taker and this temporary increase in anxiety could affect the outcome unless the nerves are controlled.
- Competitive state anxiety is more temporary and is a response to a particular moment in a game or a specific sporting situaition.
- The link between trait and state:
- An individual with high trait anxiety is likely to experience high state anxiety when faced with a stressful situation.
- If you have trait then you are more likely to get state!!
- Psychologist Rainer Martens established the link between state and trait when establishing the Sports Competitive Anxiety Test (****)
- The link between trait and state:
- An individual with high trait anxiety is likely to experience high state anxiety when faced with a stressful situation.
- If you have trait then you are more likely to get state!!
- Psychologist Rainer Martens established the link between state and trait when establishing the Sports Competitive Anxiety Test (****)
- Psychologist Rainer Martens established the link between state and trait when establishing the Sports Competitive Anxiety Test (****)
- If you have trait then you are more likely to get state!!
- An individual with high trait anxiety is likely to experience high state anxiety when faced with a stressful situation.
- The link between trait and state:
- Psychologist Rainer Martens established the link between state and trait when establishing the Sports Competitive Anxiety Test (****)
- If you have trait then you are more likely to get state!!
- An individual with high trait anxiety is likely to experience high state anxiety when faced with a stressful situation.
- Cognitive trait anxiety
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