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== Total Support ==
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*Alison Wood Brooks of Harvard Business School points out the following<ref>https://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/releases/xge-a0035325.pdf</ref>:
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**Although an overwhelming majority of individuals are convinced that calming down is the best method to deal with pre-performance anxiety, studies involving public speaking, math performance, and karaoke singing propose the alternative strategy of reappraising anxiety as excitement.
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**Compared to those attempting ‘calm down’, individuals who reframe their arousal of anxiety as excitement actually perform much better.
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**This reframing which involves a reappraisal of anxiety can be done employing the following strategies:
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***Using self-talk (ex- simply saying “I am excited” etc)
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***Utilizing simple messages (ex- “get excited”)
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**Additionally, such reappraisals would do the following:
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***Engender the feeling of excitement
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***Reframe threats as opportunities
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***Result in subsequent enhanced performance
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**The findings of the studies imply the centrality of arousal congruency during the reframing process.
  
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== Nuanced Support ==
  
--Contributors--
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== Contradictory ==
Ramzi Bishtawi
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==Contributors==
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*Ayesh Perera
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*Ramzi Bishtawi

Latest revision as of 11:30, 2 December 2020

Total Support

  • Alison Wood Brooks of Harvard Business School points out the following[1]:
    • Although an overwhelming majority of individuals are convinced that calming down is the best method to deal with pre-performance anxiety, studies involving public speaking, math performance, and karaoke singing propose the alternative strategy of reappraising anxiety as excitement.
    • Compared to those attempting ‘calm down’, individuals who reframe their arousal of anxiety as excitement actually perform much better.
    • This reframing which involves a reappraisal of anxiety can be done employing the following strategies:
      • Using self-talk (ex- simply saying “I am excited” etc)
      • Utilizing simple messages (ex- “get excited”)
    • Additionally, such reappraisals would do the following:
      • Engender the feeling of excitement
      • Reframe threats as opportunities
      • Result in subsequent enhanced performance
    • The findings of the studies imply the centrality of arousal congruency during the reframing process.

Nuanced Support

Contradictory

Contributors

  • Ayesh Perera
  • Ramzi Bishtawi
  • https://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/releases/xge-a0035325.pdf