Sources of acute stress, cognitive appraisal, and coping strategies among highly skilled mexican and U.S. competitive tennis players

Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 145, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 429-446

  Puente Díaz, Rogelio ^a   Anshel, Mark H ^b  

^a Marketing Group   (Mexico)

^b MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute stress; Appraisal; Athletic competition; Coping; Cultural differences; Mexico; Perceived control; Sport; Tennis

Indexed keywords

EID: 23744463640     PISSN: 00224545     EISSN: 19401183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/SOCP.145.4.429-446     Document Type: Article

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