Anxiety and ambiguity: It's all open to interpretation

Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 239-253

  Eubank, Martin ^a   Collins, Dave ^b   Smith, Nick ^c  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bias; Debilitators; Facilitators; Mood

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036042651     PISSN: 08952779     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jsep.24.3.239     Document Type: Review

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