This book provides a review and discussion of the recent move towards the positive aspects and consequences of competitive anxiety. Following a description of competitive stress-related terminologies, conceptual and psychometric developments are considered including the notion of directional anxiety interpretations. The commentary then focuses on the theories and models that outline the potential positive aspects of anxiety in relation to athletic performance. Applied implications and future research directions are also discussed together with a number of explicatory statements regarding the nature of the precompetitive stress experience in sport.
Author(s): Stephen D. Mellalieu, Sheldon Hanton, David Fletcher
Year: 2008
Language: English
Pages: 77
A COMPETITIVE ANXIETY REVIEW: RECENT DIRECTIONS IN SPORT PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH......Page 3
NOTICE TO THE READER......Page 6
CONTENTS......Page 7
PREFACE......Page 9
INTRODUCTION......Page 11
DEFINITION OF TERMS......Page 13
COMPETITIVE STRESSORS......Page 15
COMPETITIVE ANXIETY......Page 17
FREQUENCY OF COGNITIVE INTRUSIONS......Page 19
DIRECTIONAL INTERPRETATION OF SYMPTOMS......Page 20
Tertiary and Quaternary Appraisal......Page 23
Cognitive Bias......Page 24
Positive and Negative Affect......Page 25
Self-confidence......Page 26
Neuroticism and Extraversion......Page 27
Coping Strategies......Page 28
Psychological Skills......Page 29
Gender......Page 30
Skill Level......Page 31
Sport Type......Page 32
Control......Page 33
Performance Level......Page 34
TEMPORAL PATTERNING......Page 35
KEY ISSUES......Page 37
Measurement......Page 38
Rhetorical......Page 39
Theoretical......Page 40
AROUSAL-BASED APPROACHES......Page 43
ZONES OF OPTIMAL FUNCTIONING (ZOF)......Page 44
MULTIDIMENSIONAL ANXIETY THEORY (MAT)......Page 45
CATASTROPHE MODELS......Page 46
PROCESSING EFFICIENCY THEORY......Page 47
TYPE OF STRESS MANAGEMENT INTERVENTION......Page 49
TIMING OF STRESS MANAGEMENT INTERVENTION......Page 51
CONCEPTUALIZATION AND MEASUREMENT......Page 53
INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES......Page 54
THEORETICAL INTEGRATION......Page 56
CONCLUDING REMARKS......Page 59
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 61
REFERENCES......Page 62
INDEX......Page 79
