Measurement of multidimensional sport performance anxiety in children and adults: The sport anxiety scale-2

Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 479-501

  Smith, Ronald E ^a   Smoll, Frank L ^a   Cumming, Sean P ^a,b   Grossbard, Joel R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Factorial and construct validity; Reliability; Sport anxiety measurement

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845431348     PISSN: 08952779     EISSN: 15432904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jsep.28.4.479     Document Type: Article

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