Testing the predictions of the cusp catastrophe model of anxiety and performance

Sport Psychologist

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 140-156

  Hardy, Lew ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0030527019     PISSN: 08884781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/tsp.10.2.140     Document Type: Review

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