PSYC 1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Psychological Stress, Pain Management, Glucocorticoid
30 Oct 2020
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Hao Tran
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Introduction to Psychology
Notes: Psyc 1
● Personality
○ Competitive Trait Anxiety (CTA) is associated with higher injury rates
○ Individuals who have low self-esteem, are pessimistic and low in hardiness, or
have higher levels of trait anxiety experience more injuries or loss of time due to
injuries
○ Defensive pessimism (expectations for poor performance) combined with high
life stress have been shown to be injury-prone
■ Set up for a positive response- you have very low expectations to meet
■ Backfires in terms of stress- creates more stress than it alleviates
■ This coping style can lead you to become injury prone
● Attitudes/belief systems
○ Overemphasis on acting tough and a “giving 110%” attitude
■ Attitude that you can never really be satisfied- leads to stress because it is
impossible to reach
○ Failure to distinguish between normal discomfort and injury pain
■ “I should be able to deal with this, let’s keep going”
■ Usually don’t know how to define pain or push themselves too far
○ “You’re injured, you’re worthless” attitude
■ Leads some athletes to continue playing on broken bones
● Coping
○ The greatest stress sources for injured athletes were the psychological ones (e.g.,
fear of reinjury, shattered hopes or dreams, self-identity issues)
■ Psychological coping – anxiety control, mental skill usage
○ Teaching stress management can reduce risk of injury and illness (reduce stress)
■ General coping – sleep, nutrition, recreational/social time
■ Interpersonal coping – social support
● Stress Response (middle box of model)
○ Stressors produce threatening cognitive appraisals, physiological anxiety,
attention disruption
■ Attentional disruption - reducing peripheral attention and causing
distraction and task- irrelevant thoughts
● No longer thinking about things that will help me. Instead thinking
Document Summary
Competitive trait anxiety (cta) is associated with higher injury rates. Individuals who have low self-esteem, are pessimistic and low in hardiness, or have higher levels of trait anxiety experience more injuries or loss of time due to injuries. Defensive pessimism (expectations for poor performance) combined with high life stress have been shown to be injury-prone. Set up for a positive response- you have very low expectations to meet. Backfires in terms of stress- creates more stress than it alleviates. This coping style can lead you to become injury prone. Overemphasis on acting tough and a giving 110% attitude. Attitude that you can never really be satisfied- leads to stress because it is impossible to reach. Failure to distinguish between normal discomfort and injury pain. I should be able to deal with this, let"s keep going . Usually don"t know how to define pain or push themselves too far. Leads some athletes to continue playing on broken bones.
