Reevaluating the benefits of performance goals: The relation of goal type to optimal performance for musicians and athletes

Medical Problems of Performing Artists

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 11-16

  Lacaille, Nathalie ^a   Whipple, Natasha ^b   Koestner, Richard ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTIVATION; MUSIC; MUSICIAN; NORMAL HUMAN; SPORT; SWIMMING; TASK PERFORMANCE; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

EID: 10344229233     PISSN: 08851158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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