... with feelings of apprehension and/or tension. 2. Trait anxiety: a feature of personality. Person perceives non-dangerous circumstances as threatening and responds with state anxiety reaction. 3. Cognitive state anxiety: the degree to which one worries or has negative thoughts. 4. Somatic state anxiety: concerns moment changes in perceived physiological activation. Anxiety can be caused by a number of determining factors. Different athletes from different walks of life have different forms of anxiety. An athlete from a third world country may be competing in order to feed his family, this could put a great amount of pressure on the athlete to perform to the best of his ability, while athletes from more developed countries may be competing for the excitement of the sport. In the case of a runner anxiety and arousal can greatly affect performance. Before an event if a runner is getting anxious they will start showing some of the symptoms:> Cognitive (mental) ...

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