dc.contributor.author | Sammy, N | |
dc.contributor.author | Anstiss, PA | |
dc.contributor.author | Moore, LJ | |
dc.contributor.author | Freeman, P | |
dc.contributor.author | Wilson, MR | |
dc.contributor.author | Vine, SJ | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-08-29T10:21:16Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2017-05-23 | |
dc.description.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. | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | This work was supported by Commonwealth Scholarship Commission [grant number TTCS-2014-723]. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.citation | Published online: 23 May 2017 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1080/10615806.2017.1330952 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/29097 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Taylor & Francis for Stress and Anxiety Research Society | en_GB |
dc.relation.url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28535726 | en_GB |
dc.rights.embargoreason | Publisher policy | en_GB |
dc.subject | Challenge | en_GB |
dc.subject | attention | en_GB |
dc.subject | cardiovascular | en_GB |
dc.subject | psychophysiology | en_GB |
dc.subject | threat | en_GB |
dc.title | The effects of arousal reappraisal on stress responses, performance and attention | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
exeter.place-of-publication | England | en_GB |
dc.description | This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from Taylor & Francis via the DOI in this record. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.journal | Anxiety, Stress and Coping | en_GB |