Avoidance motivation and choking under pressure in soccer penalty shootouts

Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 450-457

  Jordet, Geir ^a,b   Hartman, Esther ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Achievement motivation; Dread; Football

Indexed keywords

EID: 53349175466     PISSN: 08952779     EISSN: 15432904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jsep.30.4.450     Document Type: Article

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