Petrie And Psychoanalytic Analysis

Our thoughts, diet/nutrition, exercise, rest, environment and physiology have a positive or negative impact on us which affects how well we perform and feel. In the world of sports, this is very easy to demonstrate because the mind/body connection provides you with immediate feedback. When you are positive, your performance excels. When you are negative, your performance is adversely affected. With various types of distress, or

Despite the negative impact career-ending injuries had on these athletes, Hurley (2014) highlighted several aspects that positively affected these athletes. For example, all athletes articulated eagerness to overcome their injuries. They also expressed motivation to regain control over their lives (Hurley, 2014). The athletes applied their athletic work ethic to the recovery process, which enabled them to feel as if they were in control of their lives (Hurley, 2014). Overall, Hurley’s (2014) findings demonstrated that the transition out of rugby was mentally distressing for these athletes. They struggled with multiple aspects of retirement, such as losses (e.g., identity, camaraderie, and traveling), as well as fear and anxiety about the future (Hurley, 2014).

For some athletes, sports can be a good way to cope with stress. When they hit the court or the field, they feel as if all of their worries from that day vanish. But for others, sports can be how a person identifies his or herself and where they derive most of their self-esteem. So that moment when you realize something in your body or your mind isn’t right, you push through it and tell yourself it will go away. But sometimes the pain gets worse. So you have two

Psychoanalytic/ Psychodynamic: The psychodynamic perspective focuses on the role of the unconscious mind in the development of personality. Freud believed that the personality develops in a series of five stages that develop the three divisions of personality. In the oral stage, the fixation is in the mouth, and would be the cause of his introverted nature; likewise, in the anal stage, Roberto would discover his reserved nature, while the phallic stage, he would further refine his reserved nature as a sense of humility in his actions, also defining his mild mannered portion of his personality. In the latency stage, his social skills would refined and he would become introverted. Freud would think that Roberto’s mild-mannered, reserved, and invertedness is caused by intense suppressing of the id by the ego, having Roberto adopt the personality that he does; however, Karen Horney would classify Roberto’s personality in respect to her theory of neurotic personalities- personalities typified by maladaptive ways of dealing with relationships- with moving away from people by withdrawing from personal relationships.

Hoar cites Graham Jones (1991) as proposing the direction dimension of perceived anxiety, which relates to the translation of perceived anxiety to either debilitative or facilitative behaviour. Simply, athletes differ in the way they handle anxiety, some athletes perceive anxiety as a sign of readiness, and others perceive it as a reason to believe they are unable to perform at a high level. Jones’ proposal is highlighted in an article by Martinant and Ferrant (2007) which aims to find meaning groups of athletes based on intensity, direction, and frequency of anxiety.

Granito Jr. and Vincent J. did a study in 2002 over the psychological response to athletic injury. The purpose of their study was to describe the athletic injury experience, focusing on differences between male and female athletes. 31 injured athletes (15 male and 16 female) were interviewed about their athletic injury. Each participant went through an interview process, consisting of an in-depth interview and follow-up telephone interviews. The interview data were analyzed, and compared between the male and female athletes. The results showed that female athletes tended to perceive the coaches as much more negative with respect to how the coach treated them following their injury; were less likely to talk about a significant other (boyfriend/girlfriend); and were more concerned about how the injury would influence their health at a future point. Conclusions focused on possible explanations and how the results fit into the current theory for the psychological response to injury for each gender.

Jones et al. (2002, 2007) has contributed to the understanding of mental toughness and its definition. Utilising qualitative methods to interview 10 elite athletes in a three-stage process, consisting of a focus group, interviews, and a rank order task. The focus group consisted of three athletes with the goal to define what mental toughness is and identify attributes of what they believed

Thoughts and actions of mentally tough athletes are mental plan (pregame and game), emotional control, optimal arousal, confidence, intrinsic motivation, optimism, controlled anxiety, concentration and attentional control (alert and mentally focused), performs automatically, proper situational appraisal (challenge and threat),good coping skills (deals effectively with adversity) projects a positive attitude (positive body language) sense of enjoyment in the competitive setting.

Psychoanalysis is also used in the treatment of anxiety disorders and depression. It states in the behavioral observations that this is evidenced by the shaking hands the tearing when fill out the intake forms. I would then use free association in

As an Occupational Therapist there are a number of things that can be used and considered while working. One perspective that would be useful when working with a patient is the psychoanalytic perspective. This is when, “people move through a series of stages in which they confront conflicts between biological drives and social expectations. How these conflicts are resolved determines the person’s ability to learn, to get along with others, and to cope with anxiety” (Berk, 2010, p.12). In this case as an Occupational Therapist I could use this perspective to see how the patients I work with adjust and cope with learning certain activities. This perspective along with the social learning theory where people learn through imitation or observational learning

One recent study identified injured college gymnasts as possessing emotional instability, emotional disturbance, stress proneness and lack of self-control (5). This finding appears to support the stress-injury model previously discussed. Other research has shown a readiness to take risks (lack of caution, spirit of adventure) as characteristic of injured athletes, although this is not sufficient to establish a causal relationship between such traits and injury. The relationship between personality and injury should be viewed with caution. Some recent reviewers (6) emphasizes that personality characteristics appear to either buffer or exacerbate the stress response “ which is proposed to be the mechanism linked to injury. If personality is linked to injury (which is at present unclear) it is likely through indirect means.

What does a scholarship to The University of Texas Health Science Center School of Nursing mean to me? Well, it means just about everything. As a freshman in high school, I always dreamed of attending a world-renowned University. However, what I didn’t realize is that regardless the thousands of scholarship applications I applied to. I still did not have enough money to attend. After receiving my acceptance letters to some of the largest Universities in the state of Texas my world felt like it was falling apart. Despite, this minor setback, I decided to take the road less traveled and enroll into Lonestar College. What I did not realize is the opportunity I was going to receive when attending Lonestar. Just before I began Lonestar in the fall

Psychoanalysis is a form of therapy that has been used for years. It offers a way to investigate the unconscious elements of the mind as well as bring repressed memories back into the conscious mind. My German Question is a memoir written by an assimilated Jew that probes his childhood between the years of 1933-1939 in Nazi Germany. Throughout Peter’s experience in Nazi Germany, he used different tactics to try to cope with the trauma. Peter said “I had developed strategies for survival designed to keep me as sane as possible in the madhouse into which the accident of birth and the perversity of history had thrown me” (Gay, 94). These coping mechanisms included hobbies, such as watching sports and stamp collecting, as well as indulgences, such as chocolate and books from his parents’ locked cabinet full of sexually informative readings. However, Peter’s most commonly used method was psychoanalysis. He relied on the ideas of Sigmund Freud and psychology to try to comprehend his thoughts and feelings. Peter’s use of psychology to analyze his experience was a very effective approach to cope under brutal dictational rule.

My Theory In my mind to teach, lead, or counsel you have to stick with what you know and makes sense to you. While I find all psychotherapists and their theories intriguing not all the practices are meaningful to me. Previously, I took fathers of theory class, however at that time didn't connect the importance of understanding and organizing which particular theories best suited me personally or put thought towards which theories I could successfully use to counsel. After having time to reflect on myself, what I would like in a counselor, and my current knowledge level of people I came to a realization. There is no clear-cut way to deal with human emotion and behavior.

Within the field of sport psychology, much research has been done on the role and influence of personality in those who partake in sport and exercise and this research has long been examined and analysed. In this essay, we will focus specifically on the influence of personality within the domain of sport performance, as well as the impact of personality on an individual’s choice of sport, focusing primarily on whether personality influences people towards more individual or team based sports. To conclude this essay, the final section will focus on the personality traits of those who take part in sports classed as high-risk. Furthermore, this essay intends to reflect on the positives and negatives that occur when applying research to sport, so that insight that is gained can be learnt and applied to this ongoing field in order to achieve continuing progress. Journal articles will be cited that focus on research on the topics previously stated in support of the arguments presented.