Social "facilitation" as challenge and threat

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 68-77

  Blascovich, Jim ^a   Mendes, Wendy Berry ^a   Hunter, Sarah B ^a   Salomon, Kristen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; COGNITION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SOCIAL FACILITATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0033238061     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.77.1.68     Document Type: Article

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