Performance breakdown in sport: The roles of reinvestment and verbal knowledge

Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 271-276

  Maxwell, J P ^a   Masters, R S W ^a   Poolton, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Implicit; Reinvestment scale; Self consciousness; Verbalization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTOMATISM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROL; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LEARNING; MENTAL STRESS; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPORT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ATTENTION; AUTOMATISM; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; GOLF; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MOTOR SKILLS; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); QUESTIONNAIRES; SPORTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 33746586943     PISSN: 02701367     EISSN: 21683824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02701367.2006.10599360     Document Type: Article

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