Sources of acute stress and coping styles in competitive sport

Anxiety, Stress and Coping

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-26

  Anshel, Mark H ^a   Wells, Bruce ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acute stress; Athletics; Australia; Basketball; Coping; Coping style; Sources of stress; Sport

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034343163     PISSN: 10615806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10615800008248331     Document Type: Article

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