PSYC 3480 Lecture : Unit 5.doc

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3480
• Professor: Dan Yarmey

Document Summary

Chapter 6: stress and coping in sport and exercise the ability to manage stress is often thought to be critical to elite performance and ad- herence to, as well as enjoyment of exercise. Canadians have played a prominent role in stress and coping research in recent years. Peter crocker in the 80s acted as a catalyst for coping research, particularly in sport. Common myths about stress and coping in sport and exercise. Myth: dropping out of sport or stopping exercise is an ineffective coping strategy. Introduction first we must find out what stress is. Second is to consider it as a process that links situational demands to an individual"s reactions to the outcomes of that experience - dynamic relationship between environ- ment and people"s thoughts and behaviours. Stress - an experience that is produced through a person-situation relationship that is perceived as taxing or exceeding the person"s resources.