Download An In-depth Look into Anxiety Disorders: Definitions, Symptoms, and Treatments and more Quizzes Sports Psychology in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 Mental health DEFINITION 1 - State of successful performance of mental function, resulting in productive activities, fulfilling relationships, & ability to adapt to change & cope with adversity TERM 2 Mental illness DEFINITION 2 Collectively, all diagnosable mental disorders TERM 3 Mental disorders DEFINITION 3 Diagnoaed based on DSM-IVHealth conditions that are:- characterized by alterations in thinking, mood, or behavior (or combination)- Associated with distress and/or impaired functioning TERM 4 Anxiety defined DEFINITION 4 Pathologicalcounterpart of normal fear Manifest by distrubances of mood + thinking, behavior & physiological activity Pathological vs. normal anxiety? --> TERM 5 Pathological vs. Normal anxiety DEFINITION 5 Response magnitude Response duration Response elicitation Disruptiveness TERM 6 Anxiety disorders DEFINITION 6 Panic disorder Phobias Generalized anxiety disorder Obsessive-compulsive disorder Post traumatic stress disorder TERM 7 Generalized Anxiety Disorder DEFINITION 7 Excessive anxiety and worry occuring more days than not for at least 6 months Difficult to control the worry Also associated with 3 or more of the following: - restlessnes, on edge - Easily fatigued - difficulty concentrating - irritability - muscle tension - sleep disturbance TERM 8 State anxiety DEFINITION 8 transient emotional state characterized by feelings of aprehension, doom, threat- heightened autonomic nervous system activity TERM 9 Trait anxiety DEFINITION 9 A more general predisposiiton to respond with apprehension, worry, & nervousness across many situations TERM 10 Psychological measures DEFINITION 10 self-report inventories TERM 21 Consensus statements: Exercise training & anxiety DEFINITION 21 Training usually reduces trait anxiety -- minimum 9 weeks, ideally > 16 weeks Reductions seen on various indices Beneficial effects across all ages & both genders Just as effective as other treatments TERM 22 Effects of acute exercise on state anxiety DEFINITION 22 Small but significant reductions following aerobic exercise As effective as other treatments Strength-training may increase anxiety Effects last 2-4 hours TERM 23 Mechanisms of change DEFINITION 23 Thermogenic hypothesis - rise in core body temperature after exercise --> reason for reduction of symptoms of anxiety Distraction/time-out hypothesis: - exercise = "time=out" for worries [high trait anxiety] Study while exercising to block exercise-induced anxyiolytic effect --> When exercised without studying, anxiety reduced; exercise while studying blocked anxiety reduction Emotional reactivityor attention to emotion is altered? TERM 24 Exercise Rx DEFINITION 24 Duration guidelines unclear-- may be effects <20 minType-- aerobicIntensity guidelines unclear TERM 25 Latest research (Smith): Background & purpose DEFINITION 25 Background: Despite known anxiolytic effect of acute exercise, unknown if anxiety reduction after survive in face of subsequently experiencing arousing emotional challenge Purpose: Compare effects of moderate intensity cycle ergometer exercise to a seated rest control condition on state anxiety symptoms after exposure to variety highly arousing pleasant & unpleasant stimuli TERM 26 Latest research (Smith, 2013): Method & Results DEFINITION 26 Method: 37 healthy & normally physically active young adults completed 2 conditions on separate days:- 1) 30-minutes of seated rest, and;- 2) 30-minutes of moderate intensity cycle ergometer exercise (RPE = 13, 'somewhat hard')After each condition, viewed 90 arousing pleasant & unpleasant & neutral pictures from International Affective Picture System (IAPS) for 30 minutes- State anxiety measured before & 15 minutes after each condiiton, & again after exposure to the affective pictures- state anxiety score HIGHER for rest after pictures TERM 27 Conclusion DEFINITION 27 BOTH acute moderate intensity exercise & seated rest were shown to reduce state anxiety scores BUT- when faced with 30-min emotional challenge, state anxiety remained reduced after exercise but increased back to baseline after seated rest condition Suggests--> acute exercise may enhance resilience to the potentially deleterious effects of exposure to arousing emotional stimuli
