ANXIETY, EMOTIONAL CONTROL

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ANXIETY, EMOTIONAL CONTROL PERFORMANCE
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Anxiety Arousal StressAnxiety is an
emotion.Closely related to stress arousal
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Lazarus (2000) identified 15 different emotions.
One of these is ANXIETY.facing uncertain,
existential threat
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Other emotions

• Anger
• Guilt
• Shame
• Relief
• Happiness
• Pride

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Anxiety

• An emotion that arises in response to how we
  interpret or appraise a situation such as
  competition

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Appraisal of Situation   1 Primary - Personal
stake in situation 2 2 Secondary -Perceived
coping resources
Stimulus  Environmental or competitive situation
(potential stressor)
Response (imbalance)   Stress response (distress
or state anxiety response)
No stress response (balance)
Active coping (cognitive-behavioural
intervention)
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Perceived increase in self-confidence and
performance
Personal control  Anxiety perceived as
facilitative
Anxiety symptoms ? Cognitive ? Somatic
No personal control  Anxiety perceived as
debilitative
Perceived decrease in self-confidence and
performance
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Anxiety is multidimensional

• TRAIT personality disposition
• STATE situation-specific
• COGNITIVE mental component
• SOMATIC physical component

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Competition is not stressful by itself. It
depends on how the athlete interprets the
situation
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Pre-competitive State Anxiety

• Fear of performance failure
• Fear of negative social evaluation
• Fear of physical harm
• Situation ambiguity
• Disruption of well-learned routines
• Perceived importance of competition
• Perceived skill level of opponents
• Personality variables eg. perfectionism

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Organizational stress from competitive sports
environment

• Environmental issues selection, travel,
  accommodation, playing arena
• Personal issues nutrition, injury, goals,
  expectations
• Leadership issues coaches coaching style
• Team issues team atmosphere, support network,
  roles, communication etc.

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Measurement of anxiety levels

• Pencil and paper inventories both trait state
• Observation of behavioural physiological
  factors
• List of behavioural responses

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Behavioural responses

• Clammy Hands Nausea
• Diarrhoea Need to urinate
• Dry mouth Physical fatigue
• Fidgeting Rapid heart rate
• Increased respiration Scattered attention
• Irritability Tense muscles
• Jitters Tense stomach
• Licking of lips Trembling legs
• Mental confusion Unsettled stomach
• Mental fatigue Voice distortion

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IZOF

• Individual Zone of Optimal Functioning
• Measured in 2 ways Directly retrospectively

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