Somatic anxiety, physiological arousal and performance: differential effects upon high anaerobic, low memory demand tasks.

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Parfitt, C. Gaynor, Hardy, L. and Pates, John 1995. Somatic anxiety, physiological arousal and performance: differential effects upon high anaerobic, low memory demand tasks. International Journal of Sports Psychology.
AuthorsParfitt, C. Gaynor, Hardy, L. and Pates, John
Abstract

Two studies are reported which used 16 basketball and volleyball players to investigate three hypotheses: (1) somatic anxiety is positively related to Sargent jump performance while cognitive anxiety is not; (2) physiological arousal is also positively related to Sargent jump performance; and (3) physiological arousal is more strongly related to Sargent jump performance than somatic anxiety. Multidimensional anxiety was measured on three occasions using the Competitive State Anxiety Inventory - 2 (CSAI-2; Martens, Burton, Vealey, Bump & Smith; 1982, 1990), physiological arousal was measured using heart rate, and Sargent jump performance was measured as height jumped. The results from both studies supported the three hypotheses, and indicate that for this particular task, increased somatic anxiety positively affects height jumped, cognitive anxiety does not affect performance, increased physiological arousal positively affects height jumped, and physiological arousal is more strongly related to performance than somatic anxiety. These results are discussed in terms of future research, as are the implications for the coach and practising sport psychologist.

KeywordsPerformance; Competitive anxiety
Year1995
JournalInternational Journal of Sports Psychology
PublisherInternational Society of Sports Psychology
ISSN0047-0767
Web address (URL)http://hdl.handle.net/10545/266920
hdl:10545/266920
Publication dates1995
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ContributorsUniversity of Derby
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