Pre-competition hormonal and psychological levels of elite hockey players: Relationship to the 'home advantage'

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 392-398

  Carré, Justin ^a   Muir, Cameron ^a   Belanger, Joey ^b   Putnam, Susan K ^c  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Laurentian University ^*

Author keywords

Anxiety; Competition; Cortisol; Home advantage; Self confidence; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; COMPETITION; COMPETITIVE STATE ANXIETY INVENTORY 2; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SALIVA LEVEL; SELF CONFIDENCE; SPORT;

EID: 33748939744     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2006.07.011     Document Type: Article

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