Interpretation of competitive trait anxiety symptoms as a function of locus of control beliefs

International Journal of Sport Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 99-114

  Ntoumanis, Nikos ^b   Jones, Graham ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competitive trait anxiety; Direction of anxiety; Locus of control

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032043433     PISSN: 00470767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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