SAHNE PERFORMANSINDA DİKKAT KAYBI, STRES VE KAYGIYA YÖNELİK PSİKOLOJİK YÖNTEMLER

PSYCHOLOGICAL METHODS RELATED TO LOSS OF ATTENTION, STRESS AND ANXIETY IN THE PERFORMING ARTS

Özet

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Abstract

The stage can be described as a workplace, where one faces his/her inner world, at thesame time performs his/her art and tries to reflect it simply and purely to the other side,namely the audience. One, who can perform successfully, when he/she is alone, may notreach the same success on the stage, while he/she is facing the audience. Stage fear andanxiety come out to be a situation, which many performer candidates and performershave to overcome. Hence, first of all, one should acknowledge himself/herself, be awareof his/her handicaps, improve and shape himself/herself according to them. The objectiveof this study is to find out the reasons of performance anxiety and to examine the copingtechniques. As the method, the concepts of attention, stress and anxiety were analyzed, andliterature was reviewed for the coping techniques with anxiety. According to the results,performance anxiety is encountered in performers frequently. In the literature, practicesof getting to the root of negative automatic thinking and its elimination were done throughcognitive regulation technique, as well as practices of bringing the situation under controlthrough exposure therapy, thus the anxiety level was decreased. Via deep relaxation andrapid relaxation techniques, which are relaxation techniques against anxiety, heart rateand respiration were regulated and slowed down via breath and thought in order toprovide one to overcome anxiety in an easier way. It has been concluded, that whiledealing with anxiety, using more than one method can reduce anxiety faster.