Self-focused attention and performance failure under psychological stress

Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 289-305

  Liao, Chu Min ^a   Masters, Richard S W ^b  

^a Natl Taiwan Coll of Phys Educ   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Basketball; Time to event

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036042821     PISSN: 08952779     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jsep.24.3.289     Document Type: Review

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