Two ways related to performance in elite sport: The path of self-confidence and competitive anxiety and the path of group cohesion and group goal-clarity

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 94, Issue 3 PART 1, 2002, Pages 950-966

  Kjørmo, Odd ^a   Halvari, Hallgeir ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH EASTERN NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; NORWAY; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPORT;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; NORWAY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SPORTS;

EID: 0039484399     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.2002.94.3.950     Document Type: Article

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