Additionally, effects of trait anxiety on performance in the presence of an observer appear to vary depending on task characteristics.
Two of these used a combined package of CBM-I and CBM-A, and showed significant reductions in state and trait anxiety in those with Generalized Anxiety Disorder or Social Anxiety Disorder (Brosan, Hoppitt, Shelfer, Sillence, & Mackintosh, 2011), and in symptoms of social anxiety and a behavioural indicator of performance anxiety in those with Social Anxiety Disorder (Beard, Weisberg, & Amir, 2011).
Others use beta-blockers to overcome the anxiety and stress of performance.
At the workplace, we might observe similar dynamics of anxiety, as performance pressures lead us to make impulsive and suboptimal decisions.
The second construct of performance anxiety concerns test anxiety.
To examine whether increased NOS activity could have contributed to the development of this heightened anxiety, the performance of the mutant mice on the Elevated Plus maze was examined 10 hours following systemic administration of L-NAME (50 µM/kg).
Isn't anxiety a natural part of performance?
She's petulant and winsome, as if her entire life is the result of performance anxiety.
"We feel a healthy degree of performance anxiety," Hendricks told me.
When my turn came, I felt a twinge of performance anxiety.
Crying fits, psychobabble, and confessions of performance anxiety: this is the new, kinder, and gentler N.B.A.
