[HTML][HTML] Remediation strategies for performance anxiety across sex, sport and stage: identifying common approaches and a unified cognitive model

DL Rowland, G Moyle, SE Cooper�- International Journal of�…, 2021 - mdpi.com
DL Rowland, G Moyle, SE Cooper
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021mdpi.com
Strategies for addressing anxiety-related decrements in performance have been
implemented across a variety of domains, including Sex, Sport, and Stage. In this review, we
(1) iterate the dominant anxiety-related remediation strategies within each of these
domains;(2) identify over-lapping and domain-specific strategies; and (3) attempt to unify the
conceptualization of performance-related anxiety across these three areas under the
information-processing framework of the Reflective/deliberative—Impulsive/automatic Model�…
Strategies for addressing anxiety-related decrements in performance have been implemented across a variety of domains, including Sex, Sport, and Stage. In this review, we (1) iterate the dominant anxiety-related remediation strategies within each of these domains; (2) identify over-lapping and domain-specific strategies; and (3) attempt to unify the conceptualization of performance-related anxiety across these three areas under the information-processing framework of the Reflective/deliberative—Impulsive/automatic Model (RIM). Despite both diversity and similarity in remediation approaches across domains, we found that many strategies appear to share the common goal of maintaining a dominant automatic style of information processing in high performance demand situations. We then describe how various remediation strategies might hypothetically fit within the RIM framework and its subcomponents, identifying each intervention as falling into one or more broad categories related to achieving and/or maintaining dominance in automatic information processing. We conclude by affirming the benefit of adopting a unifying information-processing framework for the conceptualization of performance-related anxiety, as a way of both guiding future cross- and inter- disciplinary research and elucidating effective remediation models that share common pathways/mechanisms to improved performance.
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