Managing performance stress: models and methods

What is stress?

Signs of stress: different perspectives

Sources of stress

What is performance?

Skilled behavior

Assessment and evaluation of performance

Performance and self-perceptions

Stress as an inhibitor or enhancer of performance

The assessment of stress reactions

Cognition and cognitive style

Cognitive stress management techniques: planning and understanding cognitive strategies

Relaxation techniques

Biofeedback training, chemical interventions, and nutritional considerations

Exercise.