Sammy, N and Anstiss, PA and Moore, LJ and Freeman, P and Wilson, MR and Vine, SJ (2017) The Effects of Arousal Reappraisal on Stress Responses, Performance and Attention. Anxiety, Stress and Coping, 30 (6). pp. 619-629. DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/10615806.2017.1330952
Sammy, N and Anstiss, PA and Moore, LJ and Freeman, P and Wilson, MR and Vine, SJ (2017) The Effects of Arousal Reappraisal on Stress Responses, Performance and Attention. Anxiety, Stress and Coping, 30 (6). pp. 619-629. DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/10615806.2017.1330952
Sammy, N and Anstiss, PA and Moore, LJ and Freeman, P and Wilson, MR and Vine, SJ (2017) The Effects of Arousal Reappraisal on Stress Responses, Performance and Attention. Anxiety, Stress and Coping, 30 (6). pp. 619-629. DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/10615806.2017.1330952
Abstract
Background and Objectives: This study examined the effects of arousal reappraisal on cardiovascular responses, demand and resource evaluations, self-confidence, performance and attention under pressurized conditions. A recent study by Moore et al. [2015. Reappraising threat: How to optimize performance under pressure. Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 37(3), 339?343. doi:10.1123/jsep.2014-0186] suggested that arousal reappraisal is beneficial to the promotion of challenge states and leads to improvements in single-trial performance. This study aimed to further the work of Moore and colleagues (2015) by examining the effects of arousal reappraisal on cardiovascular responses, demand and resource evaluations, self-confidence, performance and attention in a multi-trial pressurized performance situation. Design and Methods: Participants were randomly assigned to either an arousal reappraisal intervention or control condition, and completed a pressurized dart throwing task. The intervention encouraged participants to view their physiological arousal as facilitative rather than debilitative to performance. Measures of cardiovascular reactivity, demand and resource evaluations, self-confidence, task performance and attention were recorded. Results: The reappraisal group displayed more favorable cardiovascular reactivity and reported higher resource evaluations and higher self-confidence than the control group but no task performance or attention effects were detected. Conclusion: These findings demonstrate the strength of arousal reappraisal in promoting adaptive stress responses, perceptions of resources and self-confidence.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | Challenge; threat; psychophysiology; cardiovascular; attention |
Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC1200 Sports Medicine |
Divisions: | Faculty of Science and Health Faculty of Science and Health > Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences, School of |
SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Date Deposited: | 26 May 2017 15:39 |
Last Modified: | 07 Aug 2024 20:24 |
URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/19730 |
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