Expectations and emotions of Olympic athletes

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 438-446

  McGraw, A Peter ^a   Mellers, Barbara A ^b   Tetlock, Philip E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 19144371562     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2004.09.001     Document Type: Article

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