Often people regulate their emotions by doing something they enjoy to cheer them up, or they may even make themselves anxious with constant worry. People influence their feelings both mentally and behaviorally and this is known as emotional regulation. Studies have shown that human emotions, moods, and thoughts often get in the way of performance and daily tasks. When participants engage in physical activity, or competitions, the need to control negative thoughts is crucial to the success of the activity, or competition, because research has proven that negative thoughts have a damaging impact on performance. Emotions are said to be the primary function to prepare for action (Rathschlag, & Memmert, 2013). The goal of this study is to show
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Ellis and Seibert state that anxious people’s thoughts are different from nonanxious people and those thoughts are related to performance (Ellis & Seibert, 1991, p. 507). Each day, people experience mood changes that affect their performance. Fluctuations in mood are related to various factors: changes in social and personal judgments, spatial judgments, mood congruence and mood affect the ability to recall information (p. 507). Often, depressed and anxious people experience inappropriate reasoning and self-defeating thoughts. They tend to dwell on negative experiences that are often positive experiences (Dept. of Health and Human Services, …show more content…
507). Thoughts that take an individual’s focus away from any task at hand could interfere with performance (p. 508). These thoughts are considered to be irrelevant because they are not applicable to a successful solution for the task at hand. Irrelevant thoughts are distracting and interfere with successful task performance because the attention is diverted (p. 508). Ellis and Seibert found that irrelevant thoughts and successful task performance are negatively related. In their study, they tested a total of 90 introductory psychology students. They used a mood-induction procedure to induce happy, neutral and sad moods. The procedure included 25 self-referent statements that were given at two second intervals. The participants listed all thoughts that came to mind after viewing the mood-induction procedure statements
Ellis and Seibert state that anxious people’s thoughts are different from nonanxious people and those thoughts are related to performance (Ellis & Seibert, 1991, p. 507). Each day, people experience mood changes that affect their performance. Fluctuations in mood are related to various factors: changes in social and personal judgments, spatial judgments, mood congruence and mood affect the ability to recall information (p. 507). Often, depressed and anxious people experience inappropriate reasoning and self-defeating thoughts. They tend to dwell on negative experiences that are often positive experiences (Dept. of Health and Human Services, …show more content…
507). Thoughts that take an individual’s focus away from any task at hand could interfere with performance (p. 508). These thoughts are considered to be irrelevant because they are not applicable to a successful solution for the task at hand. Irrelevant thoughts are distracting and interfere with successful task performance because the attention is diverted (p. 508). Ellis and Seibert found that irrelevant thoughts and successful task performance are negatively related. In their study, they tested a total of 90 introductory psychology students. They used a mood-induction procedure to induce happy, neutral and sad moods. The procedure included 25 self-referent statements that were given at two second intervals. The participants listed all thoughts that came to mind after viewing the mood-induction procedure statements