A longitudinal study of "choking" in professional golfers

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 105, Issue 3 I, 2007, Pages 827-837

  Clark III, Russell D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b Department of Psychology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SPORT;

ACHIEVEMENT; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; GOLF; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; PROBABILITY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 38049135099     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PMS.105.3.827-837     Document Type: Article

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