Group problem solving and anxiety during a simulated mountaineering ascent

Environment and Behavior

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 3-23

  Tougne, Jerome ^a   Paty, Benjamin ^a   Meynard, Dorothée ^a   Martin, Jean Michel ^a   Letellier, Thierry ^a   Rosnet, Elisabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE REIMS CHAMPAGNE ARDENNE   (France)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Group problem solving; Hypoxia

Indexed keywords

HYPOXIA; SIMULATION; SPORT;

EID: 36549018643     PISSN: 00139165     EISSN: 1552390X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013916506296201     Document Type: Article

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