Playing with confidence: The relationship between imagery use and self-confidence and self-efficacy in youth soccer players

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 26, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 1539-1546

  Munroe Chandler, Krista ^a   Hall, Craig ^b   Fishburne, Graham ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Confidence; Imagery; Soccer; Youth athletes

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGINATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECREATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF CONCEPT; SELF EVALUATION;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; MOTIVATION; SELF EFFICACY; SOCCER; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 57249105230     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640410802315419     Document Type: Article

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