Fear of results is feeding anxiety
The perception of the threat depends on two independent representations : the importance of the result, and the uncertainty of the result
The emotional response from anxiety stems from the perception of a discrepancy (imbalance) between the difficulty of the task and the response capacities. This response would also depend on the importance of success or failure for the subject: the perception of a subjective discrepancy between difficulty and ability only has an anxiety-provoking character if achieving the result represents a real challenge. for the subject. Martens, Vealey and Burton (1990) anxiety in athletes.
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