KINE 3000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Cognitive Restructuring, Overlearning, Psych
26 Jan 2018
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Participants: following a 3 step participation criteria 8 elite performers (3 females and 5 males) from national sports institute were invited to participate in this study. Results:2 major elements: a set of variables linked together by series of arrows illustrating the relationship direction and for each variable a % of the number of participants who identified each element. Discussion: the study examined the influence of 4 advanced psychological aspects on the intensity and direction of precompetitive anxiety symptoms and where applicable how these phenomena occur. Stimulation training, cognitive restructuring, performance routines and overlearning of skills all affected the experience of anxiety related symptoms before competition. Only 2 influenced intensity of cognitive symptoms: overlearning of skills which lowered performance related cognitive symptoms and cognitive restructuring which transformed irrational concerns into more adaptive thoughts. Arousal: describes the state of physiological & psychological activation in a person. It varies on a continuum from deep sleep to intense excitement (calm .
