The relationship between task cohesion and competitive state anxiety

Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 66-76

  Eys, Mark A ^a   Hardy, James ^a   Carron, Albert V ^a   Beauchamp, Mark R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Debilitators; Facilitators; Group dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037228981     PISSN: 08952779     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jsep.25.1.66     Document Type: Article

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