Advanced Psychological Strategies and Anxiety Responses in Sport
This study examined the use of four advanced psychological strategies - simulation training, cognitive restructuring, preperformance routines, and overlearning of skills and subsequent competitive anxiety responses.
Advanced Psychological Strategies and Anxiety Responses in Sport
by
Sheldon Hanton, Ross Wadey, Stephen D. Mellalieu
Vol. 22, Iss. 4
Abstract
This study examined the use of four advanced psychological strategies (i.e., simulation training, cognitive restructuring, preperformance routines, and overlearning of skills) and subsequent competitive anxiety responses. Semistructured interviews were employed with eight highly elite athletes from a number of team and individual sports. Participants reported using each strategy to enable them to interpret their anxiety-response as facilitative to performance. Only cognitive restructuring and overlearning of skills were perceived by the participants to exert an influence over the intensity of cognitive symptoms experienced. The perceived causal mechanisms responsible for these effects included heightened attentional focus, increased effort and motivation, and perceived control over anxiety-related symptoms. These findings have implications for the practice of sport psychology with athletes debilitated by competitive anxiety in stressful situations.
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This article is from the The Sport Psychologist, Vol. 22 Issue 4, December 2008, Copyright © 2008
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Developer / Author(s)
Sheldon Hanton, Ross Wadey, Stephen D. Mellalieu
Editor(s)
Ian Maynard is editor of the The Sport Psychologist
| Product Code / ISBN |
TSP22i4A6 |
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N/A |
| Issue / Publication Date |
Dec 2008 |
| Product / Publication Type |
Articles |
| Developer / Lead Author |
Hanton, Sheldon |
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