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Psychological
Articles
Attitude
CATASTROPHE? OR
INCONVENIENCE?
"...the words we use can have quite an
impact upon how we feel about a situation. If we look at a situation as an
inconvenience rather than a catastrophe we will approach it differently and not
feel as overwhelmed."
SADNESS IS A STATE OF HAPPINESS
"....Somehow we have come
to believe that happiness is not only an inalienable right but
also an achievement in and of itself. We believe that if
we experience anything less than happiness we have failed.........But we have it wrong.
.....Happiness is not something we achieve but something that we experience
when we have a sense of contentment and satisfaction with our lives and
ourselves. This sense of satisfaction is not something that occurs only when
things are going well but also when everything is falling apart around us."
MAKING ATTRIBUTIONS FOR A HEALTHIER ATTITUDE
"....We tend to believe that the
problems other people have are due to some internal fault or flaw and we tend to
over-estimate the degree of the person's responsibility.....Interestingly, we
tend to view our own behavior in a more complex manner: we
attribute our own failures to external factors and our successes
to internal factors.....So
why is all this important? Because the way we make
attributions about behavior affects relationships and
self-esteem."
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Psychological Disorders
OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER AND
SOCIAL PHOBIA
".....recent research
estimates that 24% of individuals diagnosed with OCD receive an additional
diagnosis of social phobia. In fact, this study found that
social phobia is the most common additional anxiety disorder diagnosis made for
those individuals with OCD."
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF COGNITIVE-BEHAVIORAL
TREATMENT FOR ANXIETY DISORDERS
"....Fortunately, there is a wealth of
research evidence supporting cognitive-behavioral treatment as the most
effective treatment for the anxiety disorders...The review of approximately 150
research studies showed that 87% of people with Panic Disorder with Agoraphobia
improved with only a 10% relapse rate for CBT as compared to a 60% improvement
rate with a 35% relapse rate for anti-depressants and a 60% improvement rate
with a 90% relapse rate for anti-anxiety medications."
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Sport and Exercise
FEEDBACK,
SELF-EFFICACY, AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF MOTOR SKILLS
"Although we may prefer to believe that learning a motor skill is purely learning
a set of physical techniques, we have to consider that most learning typically
takes place in the context of an interpersonal relationship with a teacher.
The critical question is how does this interaction affect the development
of motor skills. It appears that the mediating factor
between the presentation of the instructions by the teacher and the
performance of the skill by the student may be the cognitive process of
self-efficacy..."
PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENT IN KARATE:
A REVIEW
"...a tremendous amount of interest has been generated by the
potential of psychological principles to enhance athletic performance...
....sports psychology can assist martial artists with achieving peak
performance in both katas and sparring."
THE RECIPROCAL INFLUENCE OF SELF-ESTEEM AND
EXERCISE
USING SPORTS PSYCHOLOGY SKILLS TO
IMPROVE MARTIAL ARTS TRAINING:
***DEVELOPING
FOCUS
***CHALLENGING
PERFECTIONISTIC DEMANDS
***TEACHING
SELF-CORRECTION
***GIVING
WOMEN FEEDBACK
***SETTING
GOALS TO MAXIMIZE PERFORMANCE
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Interpersonal Relationships
REJECTION SENSITIVITY, IRRATIONAL
JEALOUSY AND IMPACT ON RELATIONSHIPS
"...people's early experiences in life may lead to increased sensitivity to
rejection. This rejection sensitivity often leads to misinterpretations of
others' behavior and irrational jealousy leading to problematic
relationship behaviors by the rejection-sensitive person. These behaviors
may cause dissatisfaction and termination of the relationship reinforcing the
irrational thinking about the likelihood of rejection."
WHEN YOU HAVE
BEEN BETRAYED
FOR WOMEN
ONLY: HOW TO HAVE THE RELATIONSHIP OF YOUR DREAMS
"If
women could just change one thing, they would find that they could have almost
everything they want in a relationship....I don't know how
often I've heard a woman say, "But I shouldn't have to ask."....they
have all sorts of expectations of their partner and become resentful and
angry when he doesn't fulfill those expectations. "
WHAT TO DO WHEN YOUR JEALOUSY
THREATENS TO DESTROY YOUR MARRIAGE
"Frequently, I am asked how
to handle irrational jealous feelings. Usually, the individual
recognizes that her feelings are unreasonable with no valid evidence but
feels incapable of controlling the jealousy. In addition, the
person usually recognizes the destructive nature of indulging in the
feelings and the resulting behavior. "
CONFLICT IN THE WORKPLACE
"As most of
us spend approximately one-third of our adult lives in the workplace, conflict
in this setting can’t be easily dismissed as unimportant. In
fact, failing to address such conflict may have implications for our
“non-working” lives. As a result, it becomes important for
each of us to understand how conflict arises in the workplace, and what steps we
can take to deal with such conflict."
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Self-Esteem
MAKING MISTAKES TO ENHANCE
SELF-ESTEEM AND IMPROVE PERFORMANCE
THE RECIPROCAL INFLUENCE OF SELF-ESTEEM AND
EXERCISE
Wellness
POWER
OF THE MIND: THE WELLNESS PHILOSOPHY
"Too often,
mental health pro-fessionals focus on treating illness rather than maintaining
wellness. However, the skills we bring to the treatment of psychological
disorders are the same skills that can aid people with enhancing wellness. More
importantly, the focus on wellness can prevent the life disruption caused by
illness and the need for further treatment."
WELLNESS: HOW TO REDUCE ILLNESS AND ITS EFFECTS
MY
CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE DIET: OR, HOW TO LOSE WEIGHT WITHOUT
DEPRIVATION
"The hardest thing about
dieting is the deprivation. It feels like we are being
punished. No wonder so many people are unsuccessful with
dieting if it has such a strong negative reaction. We
aren't motivated by negativity except to move away from it.
We are motivation to move towards things that feel good.
Therefore, the secret to losing weight has to be in making it
feel good. "How can I do that?" you ask because you
associate the words "diet" and "bad."
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WHAT IS SPORTS
PSYCHOLOGY?
"....misconceptions include thinking that
sport psychology is for treating athletes with mental disorders or that it is
simply focused on getting an athlete through a slump or that it is just fluff. There is also a great deal of confusion about
the credentials of a sport psychologist primarily because there has been
controversy within the field as to the appropriate credentials....Simply speaking, sport psychology is the application of psychological principles
to sport and athletes."
GOAL
SETTING FOR
A SPORTS TEAM
"....the difference
between per-formance oriented goals which are directed towards
achieving individual skills or behaviors and outcome oriented
goals which are directed towards winning should be delineated.
A goal focused on a performance orientation tends to be more
effective because it is more under the control of the athlete,
involves learning even at the risk of making mistakes, improves
problem-solving, and encourages the athlete to be more
persistent with higher effort."
SELF-EFFICACY:
THE KEY TO SUCCESS IN SPORTS
"Without confidence in one’s ability, an individual cannot perform to his or her
potential. It is even possible that someone with lesser
ability, but with confidence, can outperform this person because belief in
oneself can be a powerful influence."
PERSONALITY
TESTING IN SPORT: SHOULD WE OR SHOULDN'T WE?
ENDING
A SPORTS CAREER
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