Anxiety and Performance in Sex, Sport, and Stage: Identifying Common Ground

Frontiers in Psychology

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David L. Rowland¹  Jacques J. D. M. van Lankveld² 

[1] Department of Psychology, Valparaiso University, United States;Department of Psychology, Open University of the Netherlands

关键词: anxiety;    sexual dysfunction;    performance;    public performance;    sports psychology;    stage fright;    choking;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01615

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Anxiety has long been associated with diminished performance within a number of domains involving evaluative interpersonal interactions, including Sex, Sport, and Stage. Here, we pose three questions: (1) how do these disparate fields approach and understand anxiety and performance; (2) how does the understanding of the issue within one field offer insight to another field; and (3) how could each field benefit from the ideas and strategies used by the others. We begin with a short review of models of anxiety/arousal and performance and then explore definitions, models, presumed underlying physiological processes, and characterizing and influencing factors within each domain separately in a narrative review. This discussion is followed by a synthesis that identifies elements specific to and common across the various domains, with the latter captured in a model of essential characteristics. Concluding remarks note the potential value of promoting increased cross-disciplinary conversation and research, with each domain likely benefiting from the conceptualizations and expert knowledge of the others.

【 授权许可】

CC BY