Anxiety symptom interpretation and performance predictions in high-anxious, low-anxious and repressor sport performers

Anxiety, Stress and Coping

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 187-199

  Jones, Kelly A ^a   Smith, Nickolas C ^a   Holmes, Paul S ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety symptom interpretation; Cognitive biases; Performance expectations

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042839747     PISSN: 10615806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10615800410001710870     Document Type: Article

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