State anxiety and motor performance: Testing the conscious processing hypothesis

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 785-799

  Mullen, Richard ^a   Hardy, Lew ^b  

^a CARDIFF METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Explicit knowledge; Processing efficiency; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; SKILL; SPORT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0033802457     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/026404100419847     Document Type: Article

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