Intensity and Interpretation of Competitive State Anxiety: Relationship to Performance and Repressive Coping

Journal of Applied Sport Psychology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 236-250

  Jerome, Gerald J ^a   Williams, Jean M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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EID: 0034356904     PISSN: 10413200     EISSN: 15331571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10413200008404225     Document Type: Article

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