Mace R, Carroll D
Br J Sports Med. 1986 Sep;20(3):115-7. doi: 10.1136/bjsm.20.3.115.
This study arose as a result of two squash players, one male one female, seeking advice on how to improve their mental approach to playing. They both felt that their game suffered badly through too much anxiety. After preliminary interviews it was decided to use a programme of stress inoculation training to help them learn to control their anxiety. In order to obtain baseline measures of anxiety, both subjects completed a state anxiety questionnaire on five occasions, immediately prior to playing important league or team matches. They were then given eight training sessions. On completion of the training, subjects were asked to complete a further five state anxiety tests immediately prior to analogous matches. There was a considerable decrease in self-reported anxiety levels and both players reported that their performance had improved. It is argued that stress inoculation training is potentially very useful as a technique for controlling anxiety in certain competitive sports.
本研究源于两名壁球运动员（一男一女）寻求如何改善比赛心理状态的建议。他们都觉得自己的比赛因过度焦虑而受到严重影响。经过初步访谈后，决定采用压力接种训练计划来帮助他们学会控制焦虑。为了获得焦虑的基线测量值，两名受试者在参加重要联赛或团体比赛之前，五次立即完成了一份状态焦虑问卷。然后他们接受了八次训练课程。训练结束后，要求受试者在类似比赛之前立即再完成五次状态焦虑测试。自我报告的焦虑水平有了显著下降，两名运动员都表示他们的表现有所提高。有人认为，压力接种训练作为一种控制某些竞技运动中焦虑的技术，可能非常有用。
