Analysis of perception of emotion in a stressful situation using psychological and physiological measurements
The purpose of this study was to identify any difference in terms of how participants perceive their feelings when performing a simple physical activity and eventually how well they perform in stressful and non-stressful conditions. Previous research states that participants in stressful situations...
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| author | Jayalakshmy Aarthi Ananthanarayanan |
| author2 | Dr Masato Kawabata |
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| description | The purpose of this study was to identify any difference in terms of how participants perceive their feelings when performing a simple physical activity and eventually how well they perform in stressful and non-stressful conditions. Previous research states that participants in stressful situations tend to be anxious and thus perform their task poorly. However, a stressful situation need not induce anxiety as participants could perceive the situation positively and performance need not always deteriorate. In this study, 40 SSM undergraduate students were randomly allocated into 2 groups. They performed a darts throwing task over 3 trials- a baseline trial and 2 manipulation trials. In the experimental condition, stressors were introduced while in the control condition, the trials were conducted without the stressors. Results from the two- way repeated ANOVA showed significant differences between the stressed and non-stressed conditions in terms of the Heart rate ( p = .020) and perceived feeling scores (p = .042). However no significant difference was observed in the performance outcome (p = .651) at a significance level of p < .05. Contrast tests were done for heart rate and feeling scores which further confirmed the interaction effect (Trials x Groups). In this study, it was observed that participants under stressful situations perceived their emotions more negatively. However performance was not affected by this interpretation. It was concluded that there was indeed a difference in the perception of feelings as well as changes in heart rate between the groups but no significant difference in performance outcome. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/522392020-09-27T20:25:09Z Analysis of perception of emotion in a stressful situation using psychological and physiological measurements Jayalakshmy Aarthi Ananthanarayanan Dr Masato Kawabata DRNTU::Social sciences The purpose of this study was to identify any difference in terms of how participants perceive their feelings when performing a simple physical activity and eventually how well they perform in stressful and non-stressful conditions. Previous research states that participants in stressful situations tend to be anxious and thus perform their task poorly. However, a stressful situation need not induce anxiety as participants could perceive the situation positively and performance need not always deteriorate. In this study, 40 SSM undergraduate students were randomly allocated into 2 groups. They performed a darts throwing task over 3 trials- a baseline trial and 2 manipulation trials. In the experimental condition, stressors were introduced while in the control condition, the trials were conducted without the stressors. Results from the two- way repeated ANOVA showed significant differences between the stressed and non-stressed conditions in terms of the Heart rate ( p = .020) and perceived feeling scores (p = .042). However no significant difference was observed in the performance outcome (p = .651) at a significance level of p < .05. Contrast tests were done for heart rate and feeling scores which further confirmed the interaction effect (Trials x Groups). In this study, it was observed that participants under stressful situations perceived their emotions more negatively. However performance was not affected by this interpretation. It was concluded that there was indeed a difference in the perception of feelings as well as changes in heart rate between the groups but no significant difference in performance outcome. Bachelor of Science (Sport Science and Management) 2013-04-25T08:18:36Z 2013-04-25T08:18:36Z 2013 2013 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/52239 en 50 p. application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | DRNTU::Social sciences Jayalakshmy Aarthi Ananthanarayanan Analysis of perception of emotion in a stressful situation using psychological and physiological measurements |
| title | Analysis of perception of emotion in a stressful situation using psychological and physiological measurements |
| title_full | Analysis of perception of emotion in a stressful situation using psychological and physiological measurements |
| title_fullStr | Analysis of perception of emotion in a stressful situation using psychological and physiological measurements |
| title_full_unstemmed | Analysis of perception of emotion in a stressful situation using psychological and physiological measurements |
| title_short | Analysis of perception of emotion in a stressful situation using psychological and physiological measurements |
| title_sort | analysis of perception of emotion in a stressful situation using psychological and physiological measurements |
| topic | DRNTU::Social sciences |
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