Intensity and direction of competitive anxiety as a function of sport type and experience

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 326-334

  Mellalieu, Stephen D ^a   Hanton, Sheldon ^b   O'Brien, Michael ^b  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competitive trait anxiety; Direction; Experience; Intensity; Sport type

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATING SCALE; SPORT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADULT; ANXIETY; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FOOTBALL; GOLF; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; SPORTS;

EID: 5444243045     PISSN: 09057188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0838.2004.00389.x     Document Type: Article

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