Effects of Visuo-motor Behavior Rehearsal, Relaxation, and Imagery on Karate Performance

1981 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 228-238 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert S. Weinberg ◽  
Thomas G. Seabourne ◽  
Allen Jackson

The present investigation attempted to determine whether imagery combined with relaxation (VMBR) is more effective in facilitating karate performance than either imagery or relaxation alone. Each subject (N = 32) was randomly assigned to either a VMBR, relaxation, imagery, or attention-placebo control condition in a one-way design. During the first day of the karate class (which met twice a week), each group was individually provided with an explanation of how to practice their assigned strategy at home. Trait anxiety tests were administered at the beginning and the end of the 6-week test period. In addition, performance tests were administered at the end of the testing period along with precompetitive state anxiety. Trait anxiety results indicated that all subjects displayed a reduction in trait anxiety over the course of the testing period. State anxiety results indicated that the VMBR and relaxation groups exhibited lower levels of state anxiety than the imagery and attention-control groups. Performance was broken down into three subareas which consisted of skill, combinations, and sparring (actual competition). Results only showed an effect for sparring, with VMBR group exhibiting better performance than all other groups.

2019 ◽  
Vol 38 (5) ◽  
pp. 380-389
Author(s):  
Haluk Tarik Kani ◽  
Ayse Sakalli Kani ◽  
Uzay Dural ◽  
Emre Basgoze ◽  
Cagri Aksu ◽  
...  

Introduction: Declining sleep quality is a well-known issue in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), but dream characteristics of patients with IBD and their role in sleep quality are unknown. In this study, we aimed to examine whether and how patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn’s disease (CD) differ on sleep quality, sleepiness level, and dream anxiety (DA) level compared to healthy controls (HC), controlling for their depressive and anxious tendencies. Methods: Patients and HCs were enrolled prospectively into the study. The Van DA Scale, Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index, Epworth Sleepiness Scale, Beck Depression Index, and State-Trait Anxiety Inventories were used to assess DA, sleep quality, sleepiness, depression, and anxiety, respectively. Results: Patients with IBD had significantly lower depression (p = 0.004), state anxiety (p = 0.0001), trait anxiety (p = 0.004), and DA (p = 0.0001) than HCs. Although no statistically significant difference in sleep quality was found (p = 0.99), daytime sleepiness was more common in HCs than in IBD patients (p = 0.0001). No statistically significant difference was seen in depression, state anxiety, trait anxiety, DA, sleep quality, and daytime sleepiness between patients with CD and those with UC. No correlation was found between disease activity indices and psychological parameters. Conclusion: In contrast to previous studies, this study found lower anxiety and depression levels in patients with IBD than in HCs. Moreover, DA score was higher in HCs. For the first time, we revealed that DA may be one of the factors leading to sleep disturbance in patients with IBD.


1985 ◽  
Vol 57 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1063-1066 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adrian Wells

The present study explored the hypothesis that, when facing a threatening situation persons high in dispositional self-focus will exhibit higher state-anxiety than persons low in dispositional self-focus. It was predicted that dispositional self-focus is positively correlated with trait-anxiety and in a threatening situation is associated with increased ‘worry.’ The relation between the experience of anxiety and the direction of attention was investigated using the private self-consciousness subscale as a measure of dispositional self-focus. 64 undergraduate male and female students scored high on a measure of state-anxiety prior to a course examination. Women had significantly higher state-anxiety scores than men. Significant correlations were found for private self-consciousness with state-anxiety, trait-anxiety, and ‘worry.’ These results are discussed in relation to the experience of anxiety.


2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Somaye Sheikhi

Background and Aim: The purpose of the present study was effectiveness of Glasser reality therapy on statetraitanxiety reduction women in the third trimester of pregnancy.Materials and Methods: The research population included all pregnant women that in the last three months ofpregnancy and in the year 93-92 were referred to Gonbad Beski hospital. In this study, 40 pregnant womenselected by available sampling method and randomly assigned to experimental and control groups of 20 patientseach were replaced. Instruments used in the study were: Spielberger Anxiety Inventory. To analyze the dataobtained from multivariate analysis of covariance was used.Results: Results showed that between state anxiety in the experimental and control groups, there weresignificant differences. Also results showed that between trait anxiety in the experimental and control groups,there were significant differences.Conclusion: The results of this study are consistent with other research. Based on these findings, we can sayReality therapy in post test reduce state anxiety scores in women. . Based on these findings, we can say Realitytherapy in post test reduces trait anxiety scores in women.Keywords: Reality Therapy, state-trait anxiety, third trimester of pregnancy.


1970 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Seviya Gani Maisyaroh ◽  
Urip Rahayu ◽  
Siti Yuyun Rahayu

Kecemasan merupakan salah satu masalah psikologis yang dialami oleh pasien fraktur ekstremitas setelah dilakukannya pembedahan. Kecemasan yang tidak teratasi akan berdampak pada lamanya proses penyembuhan, akan tetapi data kecemasan pasien post operasi masih belum jelas. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui tingkat kecemasan pasien post operasi fraktur ekstremitas berdasarkan karakteristik pasien. Metode dalam penelitian ini adalah deskriptif kuantitatif dengan jumlah sampel 46 orang yang diambil dengan teknik consecutive sampling. Pengumpulan data menggunakan kuesioner STAI (State-Trait Anxiety Inventory). Tingkat kecemasan dikategorikan menjadi ringan, sedang, dan berat. didapatkan bahwa state anxiety paling banyak berada pada tingkat sedang 54,3% dan trait anxiety paling banyak berada pada tingkat ringan 60,9%. Terdapat 46,4% responden yang memiliki state anxiety sedang berasal dari trait anxiety ringan. Berdasarkan karakteristik baik pada state anxiety ataupun trait anxiety, kecemasan berat dialami oleh pasien usia dewasa awal, perempuan, berpendidikan terakhir SMP dan SMA, bekerja sebagai pegawai swasta, belum pernah menjalani operasi sebelumnya, lokasi fraktur pada bagian ekstremitas bawah, dan merasakan nyeri sedang. Kondisi post operasi fraktur ekstremitas menjadi faktor yang dapat memengaruhi kecemasan. Terlihat dari pasien yang memiliki state anxiety yang sedang, memiliki trait anxiety yang ringan. Maka disarankan bagi perawat untuk melakukan pengkajian dan penanganan kecemasan terhadap state anxiety dan trait anxiety.Kata kunci: Fraktur ekstremitas, post operasi, state anxiety, trait anxiety.Anxiety Levels of Patients with Extremity Fractures after SurgeryAbstractAnxiety is one of the psychological problems experienced by patients with extremity fractures after undergoing surgery. Anxiety that is not managed well will have an impact on the recovery process. However, anxiety in patients with extremity fractures is not well understood. The aim of this study was to determine the anxiety level of patients with extremity fractures after surgery based on the patients’ characteristics. This study used descriptive quantitative method. Fourty six patients were recruited in this study by consecutive sampling technique. The data was collected by STAI (State-Trait Anxiety Inventory) quetionnaires. Anxiety levels were categorized into mild, moderate, and severe. The results showed that 54.3% of patients experienced state anxiety at a moderate level, and 60.9% had trait anxiety at a mild level. There were 46.4% of the patients whose moderate state anxiety originated from mild trait anxiety. Based on the characteristics of both state and trait anxiety, severe anxiety was experienced by young adults, women, patients with secondary school-level educational background, private employees, patients who have never had surgery before, patients with lower extremity fractures and patients in moderate pain. The postoperative state of extremity fractures is a factor that affects anxiety. Patients who had moderate state anxiety were found to also have mild trait anxiety.  Thus, assessment and intervention of anxiety should be conducted on both state and trait anxiety.  Key words: Extremity fracture, post-operative, state anxiety, trait anxiety.


2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 83-92
Author(s):  
Rubens Venditti Júnior ◽  
Rômulo Dantas Alves ◽  
Ivan Wallan Tertuliano ◽  
Vivian De Oliveira ◽  
Gustavo Lima Isler

Introdução: A competição é intrínseca ao esporte e pode gerar estados emocionais variados, com o potencial de influenciar o rendimento. Dentre estes, a ansiedade aparece como elemento emocional e, em conjunto com o processo de estresse, se configuram como aspectos psicológicos a serem observados. Estes aspectos não são diferentes no esporte universitário e aparecem intensamente nos períodos das competições. Objetivo: Identificar o nível de ansiedade-traço, ansiedade-estado e de estresse em atletas universitários de handebol de duas equipes diferentes do interior do estado de São Paulo. Métodos: A amostra deste estudo foi composta por 22 atletas universitários de handebol, do sexo masculino, com média de idade de 21±1,8 anos. Os atletas responderam ao “Inventário de Ansiedade Traço-Estado” (IDATE) e ao “Situações de Stress no Handebol” (SSH). Resultados: Os resultados indicaram que as situações mais citadas pelos atletas como causadoras de estresse foram: “errar tiros de 7m em momentos decisivos do jogo”; “estar perdendo para equipe tecnicamente inferior”; “errar um arremesso completamente livre”; “arbitragem prejudicar minha equipe”; “ser excluído nos momentos decisivos da partida” e “sofrer gol devido à falha defensiva”. Em relação à ansiedade, os resultados demonstraram que todos os atletas demonstraram, de forma geral, níveis de ansiedade-traço e ansiedade-estado considerados moderados (36,59 e 41,45, respectivamente). Conclusão: Diante dos resultados, pode-se tecer que os atletas investigados apresentaram algumas situações de jogo como estressores e que, em relação a ansiedade, os níveis dos atletas encontram-se moderados.ABSTRACT. Stress and anxiety in handball college athletes. Background: Competition is intrinsic to sport and can generate so many emotional states with the potential to influence performance. Among these states, anxiety appears as emotional element and, in addiction with stress process, they configure themselves as psychological aspects to be observed. These aspects are not different in college sports scope and appear intensively at competition´s periods. Objective: To identify the level of trait anxiety, state anxiety and stress process in university handball athletes of two different teams at São Paulo State in Brazil. Methods: The sample of this study was composed of 22 male handball university athletes, with a mean age of 21±1.8 years. The athletes answered to the “State-Trait Anxiety Inventory” (STAI) and to “Situations of Stress in Handball” (SSH). Results: The results indicated that the situations most cited by athletes as causing stress were: “miss 7-meter shots at decisive moments of the game”; “Being lost to technically inferior staff”; “Miss a pitch completely free”; “Arbitration hamper my team”; “To be excluded in the decisive moments of the game” and “to concede a goal due to defensive failure”. Concerning anxiety, the results showed that all athletes showed, in general, levels of anxiety-trait and anxiety-state considered moderate (36.59 and 41.45, respectively). Conclusion: In view of the results, it can be seen that the athletes investigated presented some situations of play as stressors and that, in relation to anxiety, the levels of the athletes are moderate.


1991 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 125-139 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liza Weiser ◽  
Norman S. Endler ◽  
James D.A. Parker

1973 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 779-786 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen M. Auerbach

This study evaluated the effects of orienting instructions and feedback-information on state anxiety (A-state) for Ss who differed in trait anxiety (A-trait). A-state and A-trait were measured by the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory. Differential orienting instructions (ego vs task) had no effect on change in A-state scores from a pretest to a test period. However, differential feedback-information was a significant determinant of change in A-state, with failure-feedback inducing greater increases in A-state than either no feedback or success-feedback. The largest differential increase in A-state scores between Ss high and low in A-trait occurred with the failure-feedback, though this effect only approached statistical significance.


1981 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 363-366 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony E. Bass ◽  
Wiley Mittenberg ◽  
Jerry Petersen

42 undergraduates completed the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory and then received biofeedback for increases in index finger-skin temperature. Subjects with high-trait anxiety increased their temperature significantly more than subjects with low-trait anxiety. No significant differences were found among state anxiety groups. The results supported the conclusion that predisposition to anxiety (trait), and not situational (state) anxiety, improves peripheral vasomotor control.


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