{"id":7856,"date":"2021-01-15T23:13:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-15T22:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cliniquego.com\/?p=7856"},"modified":"2021-12-16T16:39:21","modified_gmt":"2021-12-16T15:39:21","slug":"performance-anxiety-in-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cliniquego.com\/en\/performance-anxiety-in-children\/","title":{"rendered":"Performance Anxiety in Children"},"content":{"rendered":"

In our Western societies, performance is often established as a fundamental value: we must be good at everything, all the time and in the various spheres of our lives. This injunction affects adults, but also more and more children who feel the obligation to perform, from an early age. If, to a certain extent, the desire to succeed can serve as a motivation, it can also become a hindrance to fulfillment and become a source of anxiety, a phenomenon that must be taken seriously.<\/p>\n

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From stress to performance anxiety <\/strong><\/h2>\n

First of all, it should be noted that stress and anxiety are natural phenomena, even essential to survival. It is in fact a physical reaction to a threat, physical or abstract, which pushes us to take action to avoid or counter it. Initially, this reaction was intended to protect our ancestors from direct physical dangers (hunger, cold, wild animals, enemy attacks). Only with the comfort and security of modern societies have the sources of anxiety shifted to abstract threats, often related to psychological needs (need for control over one’s environment, recognized and esteemed need, desire to please, etc.). It is from this displacement of stressors and this generalization of these effects that performance anxiety arises.<\/p>\n

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Manifestations of performance anxiety <\/strong><\/h2>\n

While it can affect both adults and children, it often occurs in children in a school setting, especially during assessments (exams, oral presentations, etc.). It can also appear during artistic performances (music, theater, school shows, etc.) or sports competitions. As these events approach, performance anxiety can trigger various psychophysical reactions:<\/p>\n