Perceived control of anxiety and its relationship to self-confidence and performance

Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 87-97

  Hanton, Sheldon ^a   Connaughton, Declan ^a  

^a University of Wales   (United States)

Author keywords

Debilitative; Elite; Facilitative; Subelite

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROL; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SWIMMING;

ADULT; ANXIETY; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERVIEWS; MALE; SWIMMING;

EID: 0036516073     PISSN: 02701367     EISSN: 21683824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02701367.2002.10608995     Document Type: Article

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