Arousal, Anxiety and Performance

Too simplistic

Valid

Unreliable

Lacks precision and is too simplistic

Reductionist

Invalid

Performance, arousal and anxiety

Performance, emotions and moods

anxiety, stress and arousal

increases performance with anxiety

decreases perfromance with anxiety

increases perfromance with anxiety

decreases perrformance as anxiety increases

decreases arousal as performance increases

increases perfromance until optimual arousal

increase performance until optimal arousal

increased performance but decreased arousal

Increased resources used decreases efficiency processing

Increased resources used increases efficiency processing

Reduces attentional resources devoted to a task

Creates feelings of worry which distracts the player

Causes panic attacks