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Anxiety has long been linked to worse performance in evaluative social settings such as sex, sport, and stage. This paper asks three main questions: how each field understands anxiety and performance, what they can learn from one another, and how they could share useful ideas. The authors review existing models…
Researchers tested 133 undergraduate students to see how anxious (AX) and avoidant (AV) attachment styles change people’s feelings after being excluded, equally included, or over-included in a ball-toss game. They measured threats to four needs (belonging, self-esteem, control, meaningful existence). People high in avoidant attachment felt less threat to self-esteem…
