Self-confidence as a mediator of the relationship between competitive anxiety intensity and interpretation

Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 263-270

  Mellalieu, Stephen D ^a   Neil, Richard ^a   Hanton, Sheldon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Direction; Elite; Nonelite; Symptom

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CONCEPT; SPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; SPORTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 33746652550     PISSN: 02701367     EISSN: 21683824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02701367.2006.10599359     Document Type: Article

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